Actually, you can also sign your callsign by itelf
from any US possession. However, the contest rules
say that you must sign /whatever DXCC country you are
in, so the contest rules do supercede the FCC rules.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>
> To: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>;
> <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Rules
>
>
> > > always be 57 because that is the Check of N7MAL,
> the station
> licensee. Our
> > > FCC rules regarding this subject are not
> ambiguous even though,
> especially
> > > during contests, they are frequently violated.
> ARRL contest rules
> do not
> > > supercede FCC rules.
> > > Best 73
> >
> > Actually they are, Mal. Since we are no longer
> required to sign /m
> > or /p for mobile or portable, I can go anywhere in
> the CONUS and
> > legally call CQ signing my callsign, W4EF. Now if
> that particular
> > location happens to be the address of record for
> someone else
> > (say N7MAL), am I a guest operator at "N7MAL" or
> am I "W4EF/p"?
> > Show me what paragraph of part 97 clearly
> stipulates that one.
> >
> > 73 de Mike, W4EF..............
> >
> > >
> > > MAL N7MAL
> > > BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> > > http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Kelly Taylor
> > > To: N7MAL
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:24 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Rules
> > >
> > >
> > > This rule is hardly without ambiguity. It
> doesn't specify if the
> person it
> > > is speaking to is the guy in the chair or the
> guy who owns the
> station.
> > It's
> > > further confused by the fact that there's no
> requirement to use
> the
> > owner's
> > > callsign (hence the @call listings). That it's
> ambiguous doesn't
> mean the
> > > door is wide open, as N1ND's note says. But it
> does mean we can't
> be
> > > surprised if checks change.
> > >
> > > My gut on this says that if this is the most
> important complaint
> about SS,
> > > people are working way too hard to find things
> to complain about.
> > >
> > > Our responsibility is to interpret and log what
> was sent. It's not
> our
> > > responsibility to sweat over whether it's what
> was sent last year.
> That it
> > > may change is a good thing. Keeps us on our
> toes.
> > >
> > > 73, kelly
> > > ve4xt
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
> > > To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 12:23 PM
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS Rules
> > >
> > >
> > > Sweepstakes rule:
> > > 4.4. Check (the last two digits of the year you
> were first
> licensed);
> > >
> > > I worked a station, during ss phone, who I have
> known for many
> years. The
> > > station is an above average station and
> frequently has guest ops
> and even
> > > multi efforts. When the op sent the check it was
> 30+ years off. I
> didn't
> > > challenge it because they were doing a serious,
> very serious,
> effort and I
> > > was just giving out points.
> > >
> > > My question is: Are the rules really rules or
> just guidelines we
> can all
> > > bend and twist to suit our individual purposes?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > MAL N7MAL
> > > BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> > > http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
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