[ADXA] I'm clueless on this one - callsign/P (So what else is new?)

[Steven Rutledge]

That is strange, most of the /p stations I have printed have been sending their grid.  Usually a Google search will reveal what someone is up to when operating portable.  I don’t think there is any secret stuff going on.

Try Slack VHF group, other VHF news outlets too.

GL and 73

Steve, QQ

> On Jul 16, 2021, at 11:18 AM, WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm well aware that /P is "usually" portable, but they don't state their Grid at all on FT8/FT4, so what's the point?  
> 
> When you go to their /P QRZ page, it directs you to their main call.  And there they have no mention of where they are doing /P.  I also muted N0LL/P since he's not LoTW and haven't worked him. 
> 
> If the Canadian Prez doesn't know, then it must be a bigger secret than his pay grade is privy to as well.  Thanks Joel for asking.  Timing is everything.  
> 
> 73's
> George - WB5JJJ
> 
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> 4
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>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 10:52 AM Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
>> At the moment I’m sitting with the President of Radio Amateurs of Canada and IARU President Tim Ellam who is VE6SH. I asked them, specifically with respect to the Canadian stations, and they have no clue other than to note a “Portable” operation away from one’s “home grid” and the /P is just to indicate they are operating away from their home grid.
>> 
>> Other than that, we have no clue!!!
>> 
>> 73 Joel W5ZN/1
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>>>> On Jul 16, 2021, at 11:11 AM, Steven Rutledge <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> They are portable, usually an op in a scarce grid, not his own. N0LL/P for example.  On now from rare grid.
>>> 
>>> Steve, QQ
>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:55 AM, WB5JJJ <wb5jjj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> What are all the FT8 calls with /P on them, mostly Canadian, but a few US?  None of them refer to a new grid square, at least for me, if they even show one.  It might be some sort of secret contest, but I can't find any information at all.  When I look them up on QRZ, it refers me to their main page with no mention of why the /P.  
>>>> 
>>>> 73's
>>>> George - WB5JJJ
>>>> 
>>>> 
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