[Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 6:38 PM Rick Murphy K1MU wrote:

> So, a possibly stupid question, but I have to ask.

Not stupid.

> VK1XXX goes for a portable operation in Perth., What callsign do they use?
> In other words, why does VK5 always mean CQ Zone 30? Does VK1XXX use VK5XXX
> if they're in Southern Australia? (Sort of how UK hams change prefix from G
> to GI to GJ to GU, etc.
> Logbook of the World is pretty good about rejecting bad zone numbers, so
> I'm surprised this one was missed.

That's a good question.  I looked through my database.  I didn't find
any callsigns that signed simply "/P" from the "other" zone, for
example, VK2XYZ/P in Perth (VK6).  The Australians are pretty good
about signing /# (like VK2XYZ/6) unlike hams in Spain and Russia (and
the USA for that matter) where there is no such requirement.

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us