[Elecraft] Question re: callsign prefixes

[Bob Nielsen]

On 12/01/03 14:10:42, Ken Alexander wrote:
> This probably isn't the ideal place to be asking this, but since a  
> number of you were also in CQWW this past weekend, maybe you'll  
> indulge me this once as I stray off topic.  This is actually kind of  
> embarassing...not good practice.
> 
> At 2128 UTC on Sunday I heard a guy calling CQ all alone on 14038.2.   
> He was blazing along at about 35 wpm, way past my capability to keep  
> up in a regular QSO, and nobody was coming back to him.  For laughs,  
> I cranked up the keyer speed on my KX1 and blasted my call at him.   
> He immediately called back (nailing my call the first time) and gave  
> me 599 - 35....zone 35, west Africa!  I replied with 599 - 04 and he  
> thanked me!
> 
> I spent the next 20 minutes listening to him on the KX1 and my AOR  
> AR-7030+ and I still can't figure out his callsign!  To me it sounded  
> like DV4TD, but the only part I'm 100% sure of is "4TD".  I'm not  
> sure about the DV part.  I'm struggling to find a good reference for  
> callsign prefixes.  Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled program material...

That was undoubtedly D44TD (Cape Verde).  D4A was also active in the  
contest from there at quite high speed.  It took me a few tries to copy  
his call, as I first thought it might be B4A (China)--or maybe he did  
really drop a dit somewhere....

Of course, I had several contacts where I had to repeat my call more  
than once until the op got it right (or at least I hope they got it  
correctly).  Plenty of others (including some who were S9++) gave up  
after a few repeats of my call, but that is the breaks.

73, Bob N7XY