[The Daily DX] Vol. 15 No. 068 - April 13, 2011 NOTE: I will add these calls to DX4WIN after the special event is over (post-May 9). If you do work any of these stations, please ask the QTH, and if it's *not* England, then let me know and I can add it to the DX4WIN country file. I should be able to determine countries from spotted callsigns, especially if they have been spotted in the past.
73 - Jim AD1C For those who were not invited to the upcoming Royal Wedding (April 29th) of H. R. H. Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton you can still celebrate the festive event by working United Kingdom stations with the special GR, MR and 2R prefixes. These special prefixes will be available from April 29th to May 9th. Complete details can be found at http://www.rsgb.org/operating/weddingcall/. If you work any of these GR, MR or 2R prefixes you will definitely want to ask which DXCC country they are operating from as many logging programs will automatically default these callsigns as England (G). Here are some examples of calls mentioned on the RSGB site: G0ABC is amended to GR0ABC GM0ABC is amended to GR0ABC 2E0ABC is amended to 2R0ABC 2W0ABC is amended to 2R0ABC 2J0ABC is amended to 2R0ABC M1ABC is amended to MR1ABC MI0ABC is amended to MR0ABC MD6ABC is amended to MR6ABC MU3ABC is amended to MR3ABC It should be noted that callsigns from the UK do have a unique format. For example G0XYZ can operate from any of the UK DXCC entities merely by changing the prefix of his call (i.e. GD0XYZ, GI0XYZ, GJ0XYZ, GM0XYZ, GU0XYZ and GW0XYZ). There is only one person assigned the 0XYZ call. There definitely will be some confusion as to which DXCC Entity you have worked with these new temporary GR, MR and 2R prefixes. The easiest way is to drop the R from the prefix and look up the call in QRZ.COM or Buckmaster. If that call is not listed then you will need to do some detective work by substituting the R for the letters D, I, J, M, U or W (i.e. If GR0XYZ is not G0XYZ it could be GD0XYZ, GI0XYZ, GJ0XYZ, GM0XYZ, GU0XYZ and GW0XYZ). "Suffice to say that serious DXers in UK are dissatisfied with this blurring of DXCC indicators, and hope that those using the GR prefix will widely publicise their DXCC country", says G3SXW, Roger Western. UK DXers can easily add their GR, MR or 2R callsigns to both QRZ.COM and Buckmaster. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <[email protected]>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
