Maybe in that case AY1XS was an assigned call, and was not portable. Where as LU1DZ was his assigned callsign and he's now operating portable in province X.
I think that's the difference... ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'FireBrick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'DXBase List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:45 AM Subject: RE: [DXBase] Re: LU1DZ/X?? > Can log it manually OK. Have worked other SA-008 LU's such as AY1XS, > where the "X" is actually the callsign suffix. Go figure... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of FireBrick > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 9:38 AM > To: George Harlem W1EBI > Cc: DXBase List > Subject: [DXBase] Re: LU1DZ/X?? > > Argentina uses Letters as indicators of which province he's in. > So it's LU1DZ/ 'whatever province has the designation X' > same as anyone else saying W9OL/1 would mean we are in the 1st district. > > I can see how DXB would not be able to decode this as normally a /letter > would indicate a > country, not a state/province > just one of those anomalies that are probably impossible to code and we > just have to > 'know' it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Harlem W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'FireBrick'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:31 AM > Subject: RE: LU1DZ/X?? > > > > According to 425, he's in Tierra del Fuego, SA-008. I got that part > > from the Q, but can't figure the /X, it makes DXbase crazy. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: George Harlem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George > > Harlem W1EBI > > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 9:29 AM > > To: 'FireBrick' > > Subject: LU1DZ/X?? > > > > Bill, what's up with that suffix? A bunch of us worked him yesterday, > > nobody asked (including me). Shows up on packet as prefix "??", > figured > > you might know. > > > > GL if you're contesting tonight, > > George W1EBI > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > >
