Welsh callsign change... causing a headache

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2W0NED
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Welsh callsign change... causing a headache

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Hi all, I think changing my call sign from MW0KJN to M0KJN was a mistake... and im wondering if others will follow suit and be in the same boat.

In a nutshell, I opted to drop the W from my call sign to go from MW0KJN to M0KJN, not because im not a proud welshman, but mainly because I do a lot of mobile work, often crossing from Wales to England a few times a week, which meant things like my Fusion transmitted callsign would be wrong, and also my APRS beacon. A simple solution I thought, would be to drop the W and just go about my merry way as M0KJN.

Albeit, maybe a decision taken too lightly without proper thought around consequences.

I understand that now there may be problems with callsign lookups for M0 stations in wales, but what I am seeing is a failure to upload to LOTW because of this. Im trying to work out where the problem lies.

If i work a station and manually enter into my log book on Log4OM, I see things for my callsign correctly, as :
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I often use WSJT-X for FT4/8, and this is where the problem lies.

QSO's that are imported have MY information incorrect, which causes a problem when uploading to LOTW.

An example :
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I wish I hadn't changed my callsign now....

What i'm trying to work out first, is where its getting that data from, and is there a way I can manually set a call sign in said database to always return, in this example Wales for M0KJN.

Cheers

Kev
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Re: Welsh callsign change... causing a headache

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That's exactly why we considered Ofcom and the RSGB's decision to change identifier stupid and damaging to the international Ham community
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I agree.

I didn't think of the consequences before making the change.

It does seems kinda dull now.

I think for me, its too late to swap back. Just thinking about how this problem could be overcome. Maybe it cant.
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Nothing stopping you swapping back and at least then all using DXCC know where your from
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True.... might just do that.
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