John, First time I've ever heard someone state to drop the /#. I once questioned one of the major contest sponsoring organization on this. They told me they strip the /# before doing the call checking. Reason is too many people are inconsistent in signing with the /#. I've experienced this many times myself when you can work a station on multiple bands.
Generally I log what is sent. Then after the contest when I prepare the file to load into DX4WIN, if the exchange includes me a location, like NAQP, I will strip the /#. Then during the import process I will load the location info into the appropriate field. This way when I do a search I can see all the different locations I've worked you without having to include the /# or a wildcard. (I dislike wildcard characters mainly due to no two programs seem to use the same character so I am constantly trying to remember what character to use with what program). Bill AC0W -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Holmes Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Dx4win] Speaking of /0 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
