All, At the end of the NAQP I was "told" by a station that I was calling that I should drop the /8 from my call (W9ILY/8) as it is not used in contests. Actually, that person was not correct in that some contests specifically state that the call zone must be indicated if different from the licensed call zone. The station I was working refused to add the /8 after my call, so I guess it won't count for one of us, probably him as he won't report the correct call.
As many of you know, I have operated from a number of states and have used /7, /8, /9 and /0, mainly to differentiate between the operating locations. If I were only to give my name and state (with a variety of states such as OR, IA, MT, NE, WY, ND, SD, WI, IN, OH, MI, etc. from which I have operated) I'm sure that the correct state would be questioned many times. Am I not correct in this thinking? I sure don't want to make it more difficult for the receiving station to copy the correct info the very first time. In all the operations that I have made, this is the very first time that I have been "told" to drop the /8 suffix. 73, John W9ILY ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
