I couldn't resist this. Busted calls in ham contest are a bummer. In the heat of battle things like busted calls can and do happen. But what excuse do we really have when we are just working DX?
Jim AD1C posted this ditty up on the DX-Chat group. Thanks for sharing Jim.
How many ways can you bust a call?
Here are some of the variations on "VP8ORK" I found in the February 2011 spots:
VP80RK (VP-eight-zero) (16 spots)
VP80RX (VP-eight-zero)
VP8OAK
VP8OIRK
VP8OKK
VP8OKR
VP8OPK
VP8ORC
VP8ORD
VP8ORG
VP8ORH
VP8ORKD
VP8ORL
VP8ORP
VP8ORQ
VP8ORX (9 spots)
VP8PRK
VP8ROK
73 - Jim AD1C
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