Almost correct, but VP8ROT is a club call for Rothera base so it will always be count for Antarctica. It should be added to the call map as KC4. All the other BAS base callsigns VP8HAL, VP8SIG, VP8SGK, VP8SGB & VP8FAR are in the call map correctly.
Mike (GM0HCQ) who was active as VP8ROT last night, has a personal call VP8CMH. He has also been active as VP8SGK & VP8SIG this season, both base (club) calls. Also to be correct my old call VP8GAV should be removed from the call map - I operated mainly from Antarctica but was also active at times from South Georgia, South Orkneys & the Falklands with the same call.. In theory you can use any callsign issued for antarctic use anywhere south of 60 degrees, in practice it depends on the licence. My VP8GAV licence is issued for use in Falkland Is + Dependants and British Antarctic territory. That is a wedge shape area between 20 and 80deg west. EM1KA decided he fancied change, so he used VP8CTR for a while from the same qth. Confused yet? So there you go, all very confusing. I would like to see all software and DXCC adopt a prefix like *Ant or somthing else unique as Antarctica. Even CE9 is not unique, some CE9's are on the South Shetlands. 73 Gavin GM0GAV ----- Original Message ----- From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO Logwindows > VP8ROT is Rothera, 67.34 S x 68.08 W. Rothera Point in the Adelaide Island. > It's IOTA an-001 > > That makes it Antarctica. > > But here's the rub. As the call is assigned to him, it was also legal in Falklands and a > number of the other islands in and near the Antarctic. > Which is exactly what happened on this last trip. > So you have to match what he said was his qth with the proper prefix. > > A while back, many of the logging programs and a few of the various Award > organizations,used CE9 to indicate Antarctica. That became a 'convention'. > But now the ARRL DXCC desk chooses to use KC4. > > When these situations happen to me, I just select the proper prefix from the drop down > list. > and say no when DXB asks if I want to 'map' this call to that prefix. > > But if you sent in a CE9xx or a KC4xx card today, most likely it would be counted as any > part of the Antarctic area. > (some slight variation depending on who claimed sovereignty to some of the islands that > have distances such as to make them count as separate entities can enter into this > situation). > > This is one of those situations where (the proper prefix varies with the expert you speak > to). > I'm not sure anyone totally understands the treaties, sovereignty issues, and political > claims to the areas down there. > > Hope this helps, but probably just muddied the waters even more. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:23 PM > Subject: [Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO Log windows > > > > Hello, > > I'm using DXB2004 and noticed a prefix irregularity between the Summary and > > QSO Log window for Antarctica as I was logging VP8ROT last night. The Summary > > window has CE9 = Antarctica (using KC4 gives US) and the QSO Log prefix > > dropdown has KC4 = Antarctica. Hmmm. It's probably been covered before but struck > > me as unusual. > > 73 de Stokley, W3SB > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net
