[Dx4win] Speaking of /0

[Wayne]

Hi John,

Thanks for the Qs in NAQP. I have run into this a few times also but the 
contests that want you to add the number designator specify so in their 
rules. In NAQP it's not needed but certainly is a valid call just the 
same. I am WA1PMA in WA and only in very bad condx do I get questioned 
on where, MA or WA and in the recent RTTY QSO PARTY out of 400+ qs only 
was asked that question once.

The op that gave you grief apparently had a bad day or was ill informed! <G>

73

Wayne  WA1PMA in WA


On 7/18/2011 10:47 AM, John Holmes wrote:
> All,
>
> At the end of the NAQP I was "told" by a station that I was calling that I
> should drop the /8 from my call (W9ILY/8) as it is not used in contests.
> Actually, that person was not correct in that some contests specifically
> state that the call zone must be indicated if different from the licensed
> call zone. The station I was working refused to add the /8 after my call, so
> I guess it won't count for one of us, probably him as he won't report the
> correct call.
>
> As many of you know, I have operated from a number of states and have used
> /7, /8, /9 and /0, mainly to differentiate between the operating locations.
> If I were only to give my name and state (with a variety of states such as
> OR, IA, MT, NE, WY, ND, SD, WI, IN, OH, MI, etc. from which I have operated)
> I'm sure that the correct state would be questioned many times. Am I not
> correct in this thinking? I sure don't want to make it more difficult for
> the receiving station to copy the correct info the very first time. In all
> the operations that I have made, this is the very first time that I have
> been "told" to drop the /8 suffix.
>
> 73,
>
>
> John W9ILY
>
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