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M0MJH
11-07-2007, 10:36 AM
I've just been looking through the RSGB (the UK's national society) news page and saw a 'DX news' entry for special event callsign PA20NAFRAS (active between 3 and 19 November to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Netherlands Air Force Radio Amateur Society (PI4NAF)). Do you think the callsign is long enough? I mean, I've seen callsigns with 3 or 4 letter suffixes before but 6 letters suffixes? LOL I wonder how many people mis-copy that!
W3MIV
11-07-2007, 12:07 PM
Makes one wonder if they will work CW during this event, or if it will be only a phone operation. The call will prove more tedious for their own ops than for many interlocutors. On phone, no doubt, it will be "acronymized" as "PEEAYDWUNNYNAFFRASS," which is surely memorable.
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Over the past ten years I have noticed more & more "special event" DX callsigns...........It used to be a big deal & generated quite a pile up. Not too much anymore.
Tom ZD7X
M0MJH
11-07-2007, 02:43 PM
The only special event station I have worked that has created a pile-up was GB5OQ (Golf Bravo 5 Our Queen) for the Queens Golden jubilee in 2002. Anything else is lucky to get a few european stations calling us in a row. GB400AA was good at times.
Quote[/b] (ZD7X @ Nov. 07 2007,08:44)]Over the past ten years I have noticed more & more "special event" DX callsigns...........It used to be a big deal & generated quite a pile up. Not too much anymore.
Tom ZD7X
No kidding.
Now you have "special event" stations literally begging for calls.
Some of the "special events" are funny... Yep, it's like a menu every month to chose from and not everyone likes escargot...
Years ago when the Rolling Stones came to Minneapolis, I applied for & received the 1X1 callsign of WØW for this event. Made about 225 - 250 QSO's over two days with WØW.
Have had the callsign KØW two seperate times for something that I called. "Celebration of the Dairy Cow".........Look up these calls on the 1X1 vanity past callsign lookup if you are a non-believer. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Tom ZD7X