[Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This?

Mon May 30 21:41:37 EDT 2011

M on its own is not a country until you put a number or letter with it...
I think you will find that with most if not all logging programs..
Why all the fuss -- just use /G
Jim ve3kuc at xplornet.com
 VE3CM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Engle" <n6pyi at bak.rr.com>
To: "'Neal Campbell'" <abrohamneal at gmail.com>
Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This?
> >From the N1MM reflector:
>> This is according to CEPT regulations.
> When we go to England we have to sign M/owncallsign.
> So both stations where in England.
> There is no need anymore like it used to be some years ago to append /P or
> /M.
> M is one of the normal prefixes in England. (Scotland is MM, Jersey is MJ,
> etc...) have noticed something similar for another country, namely France.
> Worked F/G4BJM and N1MM refused to see the prefix as F0.
>> 73 Marc, ON7SS - OO9O
>> So it's a prefix and not a suffix AND according to regulations.
>> Greg
> NZ6E
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
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> On Behalf Of Neal Campbell
> Sent: May 30, 2011 5:50 PM
> To: KB2000a
> Cc: DXBase
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This?
>> I have not looked at the code but my first guess is that /M is designation
> for mobile which isn't a country and since people often switch the order 
> of
> their modifiers. DXBase could be treating M/ as mobile.
>> 73
> Neal
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, KB2000a <kb2000a at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> This discussion has been going around the N1MM mail for a few days, so
>> thought I'd try it in DXBase. I get the same results, G/K2AA comes up
>> as England; M/K2AA comes up blank for country. Switching it around, I
>> tried K and W with an Italian (K/IR2T and W/IR2T), and both were
> recognized as USA.
>> I thought maybe it needed clarification, like knowing it was not MI,
>> so tried M2/K2AA, and that comes up as England. But then, why wouldn't
>> K or W or G need the same clarification.
>>>> I don't know which is right, or wrong, but thought I'd pass this along
>> for thought in DXBase.
>>>> Keith
>> N5RA
>>>>>> KB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: N1MMLogger at yahoogroups.com
>> From: n1wr at chesapeake.net
>> Date: 2011年5月30日 10:16:56 -0400
>> Subject: [N1MM] Re: M/callsign - What's With This?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pete: When I did the contest I was using a prior version than the
>> current 11.5.3. But it was only a couple versions back, November, 2010
>> version I think. I updated to the newest version (11.5.3) after the
>> contest to see if I could eliminate the problem. I also updated the cty
> file. No joy.
>>>> In the N1MM log for these two callsigns the prefix field is blank. I
>> tried adding another M/??? call this morning with the 11.5.3 version
>> but still no prefix decode. Other portable stations I worked decoded
>> just fine. Any hints on where I should be looking?
>>>> Not a real big problem - the cabrillo file will be OK. Just curious
>> why this doesn't work on the computer.
>>>> Wayne, N1WR
>>>> Re: M/callsign - What's With This?
>> Posted by: "Pete Smith" n4zr at contesting.com n4zr Sun May 29, 2011 6:53
>> pm (PDT)
>>>> Don't know what version you were using, Wayne, but M/ denotes England,
>> and 11.5.1 decoded it just fine.
>>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>> The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at
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>> telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000
>>>> On 5/29/2011 8:56 PM, n1wr wrote:
>> > In CW WPX this weekend Iworked two stations signing like this:
>> > M/SP3CW
>> and M/YO4RDWQ.
>> >
>> > So - is this some new convention in Europe for mobile stations, or
>> > were
>> they portable in England (M = G)?
>> >
>> > N1MM didn't like the idea - wouldn't determine the prefix.
>> >
>> > Inquiring minds would like to know.
>> >
>> > 73, Wayne N1WR
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