I would be happy to bring my Force12 C3 (keeping this tower related) http://www.qrz.com/db/wp2aa back there in 2019 SS CW if someone funds my expenses:) BTW, I worked NP3X giving out VI reports on 15
yea, NP3X giving out VI, and NP2X giving out PR ?!?!?!?! I would be happy to bring my Force12 C3 (keeping this tower related) http://www.qrz.com/db/wp2aa back there in 2019 SS CW if someone funds my
Remember that US calls are portable -- they can be used anywhere in the US without any sort of /designator. And that many PR citizens are still displaced by last year's hurricane. NP3X is a club call
Yes, but......they are also DXCC entities......so could a KH6 operate from KL7 without any kind of designator? Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ ______________________
Sure. The FCC makes the rules, not ARRL. :) Now, a few contests require /designators. SS is not one of them. BARTG buries the requirement in a section o scoring. I got DQed when I submitted a log wi
It would be a useful courtesy for stations such as the ones in VI and PR to announce their SS plans ahead of time to avoid unnecessary confusion. While I'm on my soapbox, IMHO, they should avoid the
On 11/5/2018 7:59 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: I can remember several times when I was called by a KL7 operating stateside with no portable identifier and turned the beam towards KL7 only to h
Author: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 01:03:02 -0400
I would have been more active but forgot about the contest. but many do not know that KV4FZ is an original VI call sign and still is located on St. Croix. BTW.....NP2P is a club call from my QTH and
Something I don't understand, Rick. You're running, he calls you, you hear him. Why turn the beam? The only times I do that (or switch antennas) is if he's weak and hard to copy. I've never consider
I believe that WA9ABC/KP2 is the proper way to sign in a contest just like KK9A/4 would be if I chose to use the self assigned designator. A FCC license is good anywhere in the US and territories wit
--Original Message-- From: Mal Speer <malco@carolina.rr.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:26 AM To: 'john@kk9a.com' <john@kk9a.com>; 'towertalk@contesting.com' <towertalk@contesting.com> Cc: 'ri
Not a tower item, but an interesting thread. I was curious what the FCC Regulations stated and how the ARRL viewed the topic. So I asked Dan Henderson, the ARRL Reg Info Manager. What he says mirrors
Herb, KV4FZ "I would have been more active but forgot about the contest. but many do not know that KV4FZ is an original VI call sign and still is located on St. Croix. BTW.....NP2P is a club call fro