Licensing authorities (or administrations) don't give a s..t about DXCC. Some DXCC prefixes became the standard "official" ones AFTER the callsigns were issued, not the opposite... 73 Paul F6EXV
Le 09/01/2012 19:21, R.T.Liddy a écrit : > Hi Bernie, > > You're right.....I didn't know that VK9H was Lord Howe until > it came back as a New Band Entity on LOTW. I had thought > it was Norfolk for some reason. > > Those French "TO#xx" Calls are pretty tricky. > > I guess we always have to stay on our toes since the various > Governments across the world refuse to consult the ARRL > Entities Prefix List before issuing Calls (hihi). > > 73/GL, Bob K8BL > > --- On Mon, 1/9/12, WO2N<w...@att.net> wrote: > > > From: WO2N<w...@att.net> > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Prefix Logic > To: "'R.T.Liddy'"<k...@ameritech.net>, dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 8:37 AM > > > Hi Bob, that makes a lot of sense, and easier to remember. > There are, I guess always going to be exceptions to the rule, like VK9HR > this summer, was on Lord Howl. > I have a VK9TR from Willis Is. > Pays to double check countries with multi prefixes, you could be holding a > rare one, hi. > Tnx, GL 73 de Bernie/WO2N.> > > -----Original Message----- > From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] > On Behalf Of R.T.Liddy > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 12:47 AM > To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Prefix Logic > > It appears to me that an Entity like Willis would have VK9W because > Australia actually issues the Calls for there specifically as VK9Wxx. > So, the Entity would be obvious from the Call. > > However, some Countries use the same prefix for several ARRL Entities and > there needs to be some way to differentiate them in the database. > An HK0 could be San Andres or Malpelo, so a /M is put after the HK0 to > specifically denote it as Malpelo. Other eaxmples would be FR and JD1 versus > PY0Txx and CE0Yxx. > > IMHO > > 73, Bob K8BL > > > --- On Sun, 1/8/12, WO2N<w...@att.net> wrote: > > > From: WO2N<w...@att.net> > Subject: [Dx4win] Prefix Logic > To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net > Date: Sunday, January 8, 2012, 9:47 PM > > > Looking at the prefix list, What's the reasoning for some multi-prefix > countries identified by forward stroked, and others are not? > Example Willis is VK9W, but Malpelo is HK0/M. > When I search via prefix I don't kn if it wants a / or not.. > I kn f1 brings up the list. > Tnx for your reply > 73,de Bernie/WO2N.> > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
