Based on my experience from living in deferent localities both in and outside
of the USA, "asked" in the USA is treated as a suggestion. In other areas
"asked" is considered an imperative or shall do. It is strictly a matter of
perspective.
73 W0ETC still in 0 Land and going nowhere ;-)
--- "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com> wrote:
Let me get this straight. You mean signing "portable" is just a
suggestion, not a requirement? What's the point of a contest rule if
it's optional?
How about:
If running high power, it is asked that you not enter the low power
category. :.)
73,
Barry
P.S. Yes, I've been guilty of signing /3 in a pileup if I didn't get
through with the 2's.
On 19 Aug 2003 at 14:11, llindblom@juno.com wrote:
>
> As always it seems many North Americans only understand imperatives
> like "must" or "shall."
>
> My all time favorites are the stations who sometimes sign portable and
> sometimes don't. This is typically done in a pile up on rare DX
> working by call areas;-)
>
> 73 Larry L
> W0ETC
>
> --- "Gert E. Janssens" <k5ww@wcsonline.net> wrote:
>
> The rules for SARTG say:
>
> "NOTE: Stations operating from call areas other than their call ID,
> are asked to use '/x' for their actual call area, i.e. K5DJ/1."
>
> The word "asked" often gets "misinterpreted".
>
> 73,
>
> Gert - K5WW
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] AA5AU SARTG Score
>
>
>
>
> On 18 Aug 2003 Shelby Summerville wrote:
>
> > "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net> wrote: "What really pushed
> me to > compete hard in the last two periods was a US station with a
> 5 callsign not > signing / portable the area he was in." > > Until
> contest sponsors make rules requiring, not suggesting, signing >
> "portable", there will be no change! Contest entrants are notorious
> for > "pushing the envelope", and, IMHO, it behooves the sponsors to
> "stay one > step ahead", not "several behind"? > > C'Ya, Shelby >
>
> I thought it WAS required. I had some time available last weekend,
> and was considering operating SARTG, but decided not to when I saw
> that rule about signing portable. International contest sponsors
> need to realize that there are no US geographic call areas any more.
> All the number means is where one was first licensed, if still
> holding the original call. If one has have a vanity call even that
> isn't true. I haven't lived in "2 land" since 1979 and I'm not
> portable! Barry W2UP (in PA, not portable 3)-- Barry Kutner, W2UP
> Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA
> Frankford Radio Club
>
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