[TAC] FP/TO

[Jeff]

At 04:08 PM 2/20/06, Kurt wrote:
>Hello:
>     I don't know who all the competitors were at TO9A, Martinique, 
> in ARRL DX Competition over the week end, but QSLs go to K3DEJ. One 
> could check with him about the steps for obtaining a special call 
> from the French PTT. Maybe Americans can get one from the French after all.
>     I am sensitive to the argument that a TO call on FP might lead 
> to uncertainty. But it's a more efficient call for a contest that 
> FP/somebody. If ample word were out in advance of the contest, 
> confusion should be minimized.
>     I put in a little time over the week end on low power. More 
> than ever before the "I" in my call got lost going over the pole. 
> Wish I could get W8Q as a permanent call. 73,



I did some "hunt and click" spot chasing this weekend.  Along with 
the inevitable "K8CC" replys, I got more "N8CK" comebacks (I think?) 
than I ever remember.  I wonder if the flutter is more severe at the 
bottom of the cycle?  Of course, there's no winning.... If you got 
W8Q, you'd be getting "W8Q?" back, because they thought there should 
be another letter.  I heard some guy with an "III" suffix, and I 
thought the guy must have a masochistic streak.

Jeff