[Elecraft] Question re: callsign prefixes

Mon Dec 1 18:17:11 2003

     IIRC, QST published a construction article a year or two back for a
little device that would record a chunk of cw and play it back at half
speed :).

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Bob Tellefsen wrote:

> Ken
> Here's how I often unscramble these burst transmissions :-)
> Make a note of the time and frequency of the station.  Then
> go to the DX Summit web sight where spots are posted.  With this,
> I can usually identify the station to my satisfaction.
> I actually picked up a new country this way, after the fact.  I
> had misread an S in the call prefix as an I, and couldn't figure
> out where the guy was from.  Once I looked him up this way, I
> was in clover.
> The DX Summit URL is
> http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/
> Good luck and 73,
> Bob N6WG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ken Alexander
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Question re: callsign prefixes
>
>
> 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...
>
> Thanks and 73
>
> Ken Alexander - VE3HLS
> Newmarket ON
>
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