I am pretty sure most of these callsigns are 4J8 4L8 or 4N8-calls that have been busted.
We in Sweden have the same problems with SH-prefixes, surely belonging to fast-sending S5-contesters.
I can also see HB4 iso 5B4 sometimes as well as BW iso 6W and so on.
Regards de John SM5DJZ
QSL-manager SSA Outgoing bureau
At 22:26 2004-11-20, vk8dk wrote:
Hi all,
Just a short note to all DXers, from the VK8 QSL bureau.
I am receiving some QSL cards confirming a QSO with non amateur VK8 stations, and most of them on CW,
and all have prefixes of either VJ8, VL8, VM8 or VN8. All such prefixes belongs to commercial operators, such as Maritime, Aeronautical, or other NON Amateur activity. If you hear a callsign with such a prefix, they are an intruder and should be treated as such.
To the best of my knowledge, all Amateur licenses issued by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has ONLY the Prefix VK. Special event stations are prefixed VI or AX.
The ACA web site is available at: http://www.aca.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.main_page , and follow the prompts.
73 de VK8DK, Len
Owner and manager VK8 QSL bureau.
Jan Hallenberg
Vassunda Andersberg
SE-741 91 Knivsta
SWEDEN
+46 18 38 13 99
