Hi John, Thanks for the Qs in NAQP. I have run into this a few times also but the contests that want you to add the number designator specify so in their rules. In NAQP it's not needed but certainly is a valid call just the same. I am WA1PMA in WA and only in very bad condx do I get questioned on where, MA or WA and in the recent RTTY QSO PARTY out of 400+ qs only was asked that question once.
The op that gave you grief apparently had a bad day or was ill informed! <G> 73 Wayne WA1PMA in WA On 7/18/2011 10:47 AM, John Holmes wrote: > 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:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ 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
