M on its own is not a country until you put a number or letter with it... I think you will find that with most if not all logging programs..
Why all the fuss -- just use /G Jim [email protected] VE3CM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Engle" <[email protected]> To: "'Neal Campbell'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This? > >From the N1MM reflector: > > This is according to CEPT regulations. > When we go to England we have to sign M/owncallsign. > So both stations where in England. > There is no need anymore like it used to be some years ago to append /P or > /M. > M is one of the normal prefixes in England. (Scotland is MM, Jersey is MJ, > etc...) have noticed something similar for another country, namely France. > Worked F/G4BJM and N1MM refused to see the prefix as F0. > > 73 Marc, ON7SS - OO9O > > So it's a prefix and not a suffix AND according to regulations. > > Greg > NZ6E > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Neal Campbell > Sent: May 30, 2011 5:50 PM > To: KB2000a > Cc: DXBase > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This? > > I have not looked at the code but my first guess is that /M is designation > for mobile which isn't a country and since people often switch the order > of > their modifiers. DXBase could be treating M/ as mobile. > > 73 > Neal > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, KB2000a <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This discussion has been going around the N1MM mail for a few days, so >> thought I'd try it in DXBase. I get the same results, G/K2AA comes up >> as England; M/K2AA comes up blank for country. Switching it around, I >> tried K and W with an Italian (K/IR2T and W/IR2T), and both were > recognized as USA. >> I thought maybe it needed clarification, like knowing it was not MI, >> so tried M2/K2AA, and that comes up as England. But then, why wouldn't >> K or W or G need the same clarification. >> >> I don't know which is right, or wrong, but thought I'd pass this along >> for thought in DXBase. >> >> Keith >> N5RA >> >> >> KB >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To: [email protected] >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:16:56 -0400 >> Subject: [N1MM] Re: M/callsign - What's With This? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Pete: When I did the contest I was using a prior version than the >> current 11.5.3. But it was only a couple versions back, November, 2010 >> version I think. I updated to the newest version (11.5.3) after the >> contest to see if I could eliminate the problem. I also updated the cty > file. No joy. >> >> In the N1MM log for these two callsigns the prefix field is blank. I >> tried adding another M/??? call this morning with the 11.5.3 version >> but still no prefix decode. Other portable stations I worked decoded >> just fine. Any hints on where I should be looking? >> >> Not a real big problem - the cabrillo file will be OK. Just curious >> why this doesn't work on the computer. >> >> Wayne, N1WR >> >> Re: M/callsign - What's With This? >> Posted by: "Pete Smith" [email protected] n4zr Sun May 29, 2011 6:53 >> pm (PDT) >> >> Don't know what version you were using, Wayne, but M/ denotes England, >> and 11.5.1 decoded it just fine. >> >> 73, Pete N4ZR >> >> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at >> www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at >> http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at >> telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 >> >> On 5/29/2011 8:56 PM, n1wr wrote: >> > In CW WPX this weekend Iworked two stations signing like this: >> > M/SP3CW >> and M/YO4RDWQ. >> > >> > So - is this some new convention in Europe for mobile stations, or >> > were >> they portable in England (M = G)? >> > >> > N1MM didn't like the idea - wouldn't determine the prefix. >> > >> > Inquiring minds would like to know. >> > >> > 73, Wayne N1WR >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >> Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New >> Topic Messages in this topic (6) Recent Activity: >> >> New Members 8 >> Visit Your Group >> To unsubscribe, send an email to: >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> MARKETPLACE >> >> >> Get great advice about dogs and cats. 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