I ALWAYS use my full call and phoenetically. In Scotland we have
GM4FDM
GM4FAM
GM4FVM
GM3FDN
so it not uncommon for a wrong callsign to be logged if WE dont give our
callsigns phoenteically. Basically its a no brainer..
If you want to be in the log, make sure the DX heard your call loud and
proud!
Tom
GM4FDM (Fox Delta Mike)
On 19/06/2012 16:52, JIM Abercrombie wrote:
When calling a station I always give my whole call in phonetics and in the
report exchange I always use phonetics for my call, I
have worked them all and have them all confirmed as a result of being a ham for
over 50 years. This problem doesn't exist for CW or
Digital.I have heard nets asking for the last two many times and I have
listened as they were finally called upon and it was over 10
minutes later and it is illegal to make a transmission and let more than 10
minutes lapse before giving your ID. You may know who is
talking and they may know you. But the OO's and the FCC may not know who you
are. Bob Furzur, who wrote Logger 32, would run pileups
from 9K2ZZ and if you gave only your last two he would only acknowledge the
last two and he would never QSL or log that station.
Because I give my whole call twice during an exchange with the DX, I have gotten
"not in the log" only once or twice in my 50 plus
years. I was assuming I was working the DX and it turned out to be someone else.
Also, what is this lid remark of "Contact" doing in ham radio? A friend of mine
was chastized by a couple of lids on 40M ssb for not
calling in the right way by saying "Contact". I cannot find anything in the ARRL's
operating manual about "Contact". Excuse me for
my attitude this day. I probably will get an adjustment when the XYL comes home.
Jim N4JA
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