[Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO Logwindows

Thu Jan 27 18:54:22 EST 2005

Thanks for that info.
I checked a few sites and did not see that it was a club call.
Thanks again.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Taylor GM0GAV" <gavin at hfdx.co.uk>
To: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>; <W3SB at aol.com>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO Logwindows
> Almost correct, but VP8ROT is a club call for Rothera base so it will always
> be count for Antarctica. It should be added to the call map as KC4. All the
> other BAS base callsigns VP8HAL, VP8SIG, VP8SGK, VP8SGB & VP8FAR are in the
> call map correctly.
>> Mike (GM0HCQ) who was active as VP8ROT last night, has a personal call
> VP8CMH. He has also been active as VP8SGK & VP8SIG this season, both base
> (club) calls.
>> Also to be correct my old call VP8GAV should be removed from the call map -
> I operated mainly from Antarctica but was also active at times from South
> Georgia, South Orkneys & the Falklands with the same call..
>> In theory you can use any callsign issued for antarctic use anywhere south
> of 60 degrees, in practice it depends on the licence. My VP8GAV licence is
> issued for use in Falkland Is + Dependants and British Antarctic territory.
> That is a wedge shape area between 20 and 80deg west. EM1KA decided he
> fancied change, so he used VP8CTR for a while from the same qth. Confused
> yet?
>> So there you go, all very confusing. I would like to see all software and
> DXCC adopt a prefix like *Ant or somthing else unique as Antarctica. Even
> CE9 is not unique, some CE9's are on the South Shetlands.
>> 73 Gavin
> GM0GAV
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
> To: <W3SB at aol.com>; <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO
> Logwindows
>>>> VP8ROT is Rothera, 67.34 S x 68.08 W. Rothera Point in the Adelaide
> Island.
>> It's IOTA an-001
>>>> That makes it Antarctica.
>>>> But here's the rub. As the call is assigned to him, it was also legal in
> Falklands and a
>> number of the other islands in and near the Antarctic.
>> Which is exactly what happened on this last trip.
>> So you have to match what he said was his qth with the proper prefix.
>>>> A while back, many of the logging programs and a few of the various Award
>> organizations,used CE9 to indicate Antarctica. That became a 'convention'.
>> But now the ARRL DXCC desk chooses to use KC4.
>>>> When these situations happen to me, I just select the proper prefix from
> the drop down
>> list.
>> and say no when DXB asks if I want to 'map' this call to that prefix.
>>>> But if you sent in a CE9xx or a KC4xx card today, most likely it would be
> counted as any
>> part of the Antarctic area.
>> (some slight variation depending on who claimed sovereignty to some of the
> islands that
>> have distances such as to make them count as separate entities can enter
> into this
>> situation).
>>>> This is one of those situations where (the proper prefix varies with the
> expert you speak
>> to).
>> I'm not sure anyone totally understands the treaties, sovereignty issues,
> and political
>> claims to the areas down there.
>>>> Hope this helps, but probably just muddied the waters even more.
>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <W3SB at aol.com>
>> To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:23 PM
>> Subject: [Dxbase] Antarctica prefix difference in Summary and QSO Log
> windows
>>>>>> > Hello,
>> > I'm using DXB2004 and noticed a prefix irregularity between the Summary
> and
>> > QSO Log window for Antarctica as I was logging VP8ROT last night. The
> Summary
>> > window has CE9 = Antarctica (using KC4 gives US) and the QSO Log prefix
>> > dropdown has KC4 = Antarctica. Hmmm. It's probably been covered before
> but struck
>> > me as unusual.
>> > 73 de Stokley, W3SB
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