Marty,
As far as the FCC is concerned....KL7 is the USA...the FCC has never heard of
DXCC nor do they care.
73, Tom K5IID
At 07:01 PM 1/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>You may be right for this contest - but nearly every other contest
>requires that all stations must indicate the correct DXCC country that
>they're operating. I scanned the rules quickly and didn't find this
>requirement for the RTTY Roundup, so I was apparently incorrect in my
>original reply.
>
>Don't get me started on why the FCC allows prefixes for KL7 to be used
>outside of that DXCC... ;-) What's the point of having a callsign prefix
>system if you can't tell anything useful from the prefix??
>
>-Marty NW0L
> martyt@pobox.com
>
>
>At 07:30 PM 1/7/01 -0500, Jim Lowman wrote:
>
>>I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but the *requirement*
>>to sign mobile or portable was abolished some years ago.
>>
>>And, since I didn't see a reference to the specific contest in question,
>>I'm not sure if it really *is* against the rules.
>>
>>73 de Jim - AD6CW
>>
>>Marty Tippin wrote:
>> >
>> > If KL0JY isn't sending /W9 after his call, he's not conforming to the
>> > rules, so the QSO probably isn't going to count anyway...
>> >
>> > But to change the country, double-click on the "PREF" field for the call
>> > you want to change. Change from KL7 to just K and it'll be corrected.
>> >
>> > -Marty NW0L
>> > martyt@pobox.com
>
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