"If I remember correctly Once Upon a Time Class D stations were not supposed to call CQ ??" I don't know about "once upon a time", but the Rules do not disallow it now. I just looked. The Rules for F
Responding to K7QQ's direct reply, below. Yeah, as I was hitting "Send" I realized Rex was asking only abt history. My only additional point was my own feeling that Class D CQ >>should<< be prohibite
Of course there is no rule against D stations working other D stations anyway, just that those contacts are worth 0 points... just like stateside working stateside in CQWW DX, those are 0 points also
As a Field Day enthusiast who has always gone peanut whistle remote in Class A or Class B, I really don't have any problem with Class D stations calling CQ. There is never a problem finding a run fre