At 16:44 03/06/2002 -0400, Larry K2LS wrote: >Here is a list of MQ calls and who they should be mapped to:
Sorry Larry but your mapping would appear to be completely wrong. there is no simple mapping for these prefixes :-( The following extract is from this weeks RSGB news www.rsgb.org Finally on the Jubilee, a reminder that all UK radio amateurs may use the special GQ, MQ or 2Q prefix for the whole of the month of June. For the G and M series of callsigns, the Country locator is dropped in preference to the prefixes GQ and MQ respectively. For example, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW all become GQ; while M, MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW all become MQ. Similarly, Intermediate callsign series drop the second letter of the callsign in favour of the letter Q. For example 2E becomes 2Q, 2D becomes 2Q and so on. The use of these prefixes is not mandatory - radio amateurs may continue to use their normal callsign during the period should they so wish. The special prefixes may be used until 2400UTC on the 30th of June.
