[Dxbase] [dxbase] VK9 callsigns and your DXbase prefix database - Joe wa6axe

[Neal Campbell]

;-)   What is the proposal on how to do that?

73
Neal

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Wes Stewart <n7ws at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>
>
> So I guess that the new DXBase2050 will remove all of the funny suffix
> letters from the Prefix column, when it's released.
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 7/27/11, Joe WA6AXE <wa6axe at hotmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> ALL;
>
> Back in 2009, the VK9 callsigns CHANGED .. Here is the info that was passed
> back in Oct 2009
>
> //quote//
>
> Friday, October 23, 2009  VK9 Callsign Changes
>  VK9 C, L, M, N, W & X deleted from DX equation
>
> The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has decided to
> discontinue the use of a VK9 callsign suffix letter to denote each of the
> six Australian external territories, each a DX entity.
>
> The long-standing prefixes included VK9C for Cocos (Keeling) Island, VK9L
> Lord Howe Island, VK9M Mellish Reef, VK9N Norfolk Island, VK9W Willis Island
> and VK9X Christmas Island.
>
> The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA), under its role of providing ham
> radio licence examinations and issuing amateur certificates of proficiency,
> also recommends each and every amateur radio callsign issued by the ACMA.
>
> On taking on new roles earlier this year it began to query the practices in
> relation to VK9 callsigns, then consulted the amateur radio community and
> came to the view that it could not support having a suffix letter as a
> geographic identifier in VK9 callsigns.
>
> The ACMA itself has not stuck with the VK9 callsign tradition over the
> years when issuing licences and some DXers requested a callsign contrary to
> the historic or DXCC list suffix block.
>
> VK9Y has also been used for Cocos and VK9Z for Mellish, and often,
> particularly recently, if a VK9 callsign was requested it would be issued.
>
> The ACMA having not rigidly applied its own VK9 callsign policy, and
> wanting to eliminate where-ever possible administrative tasks related to the
> amateur radio service, decided that the historic VK9 callsigns are a thing
> of the past.
>
> From 1 November, callsigns for the VK9 DX entities will fall in line with
> the practice for issuing callsigns for all other VK call areas, with the
> suffix only to denoting the class of licence issued - Advanced, Standard or
> Foundation.
>
> Licences with a VK9 callsign issued to visiting overseas radio amateurs
> will only be for a short-term if requested or for a maximum 12 months
> period, and not be automatically renewed.
>
> A VK ham or visiting radio amateur does not necessarily require a VK9
> callsign, although most do for DXing, contesting or QSLing purposes.
>
> Under the provisions of the Amateur Licence Conditions Determination,
> portable operation is permitted with a radio amateur using their home
> callsign /VK9 and stating their location.
>
> Jim Linton VK3PC
>
>
> //end of quote//
>
>
> What this means -- is that our Refdata entity prefixes that have been
> long-standing as a FIXED thing -- is not a rigidly fixed
> prefix anymore ... Whenever you log a VK9 callsign -- there is a REALLY
> GOOD CHANCE that you will have to CHANGE the
> Prefix column of your logbook to the entity that the DX Station is REALLY
> IN ...
>
> Since they changed to this new VK9 callsign system back in Nov 2009 --- you
> will simply have to keep
> an eye on WHERE the DX Station is truely located and log the QSO - but,
> change the Prefix (if needed) and
> when the pop-up window open asking if you want to MAP VK9.. to a particular
> entity - allow that to MAP
> by saying Yes ...
>
> This new system surely doesn't help the automatic logging of QSOs - without
> the user being
> attentive to the possibility of a change needed..
>
> JUST FYI ...
>
>
> 73 Joe wa6axe
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