[ADXA] E5 North Cook -vs- E5 South Cook

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

Thanks Rick. 

Confusing to say the least BUT emphasizes the point of "listen listen
listen" and do NOT simply rely on a cluster spot to know! 

ZN 

On 2020-12-30 15:17, k5ur at aol.com wrote:

> Perhaps things have changed in recent years, but I've worked both islands with no specific designation in suffix. I've worked North Cook with various first letters after the number that did not start with "N" and the same for South Cook that did not start with "S." For example, I worked South Cook with an N after the number, E51NOU. Granted, that goes back over a few years, so things may have changed. 
> 
> 73, 
> Rick - K5UR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w5zn at w5zn.org
> To: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, Dec 30, 2020 3:47 pm
> Subject: [ADXA] E5 North Cook -vs- E5 South Cook
> 
> Steve N4JQQ and I were having an email exchange today about North Cook and South Cook Island's both now having the same prefix E5. You old dogs will recall they have been different throughout history, and even more so before they were call "Cook" Islands. 
> So, the question was how do you tell the difference between the two based on the callsign since two separate DXCC entities have the same callsign prefix. Somehow in my mind I though the North Cook stations would be something like E51Nxx and South Cook would be E51Sxx or something like that but I can't find anything to support that wild theory that exists in my head. 
> Can someone enlighten me? Bill Kennamer, being our DXCC resident expert historian can you set me straight? 
> Thanks 
> Joel W5ZN 
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