When I first lived in Colorado, in the '90s, I had the call AA6TT. As a rule I did not sign "AA6TT/0" since this was my permanent station location, I wasn't portable. In CQ WW contests however I did
The BARTG RTTY contests are the only ones that I know that require you to sign in the appropriate US call area. CQ does not require you to sign that way, but they will publish your score as AA7XT/0.
If there ever was a CQWW rule that required signing /0, it predates my move to Colorado in 1981. I'm sure there is --some-- contest out of the 250+ contests that requires signing /0, but none of the
The FCC required it prior to 1979. It was required by some contests up through the early 1980's and I seem to recall there was one that required it as late as the early 1990's. Which contests had the
Generally, in any contest where the call area counts as a multiplier, it seems to make sense that you should use the suffix. The WAEDC rules don't seem to explicitly require this, though, which I fin
Bill, If I recall correctly, it wasn't all that long ago that the WPX contest required the "portable" identifier, which was logical since it in essence modifies your call sign, which provides the mul
Call areas count as mults in WAEDC, but the rules specifically say that this is without regard for geographical location. On the other hand, there are several RTTY contests where call areas count as
Hi Dave, Long time no see. Hope all is well. The WPX Rules say the following, "A station operating from a DXCC country different from that indicated by its call sign is required to sign portable." 73
I find this a rule that is often violated by KL7 stations in the lower 48 ... and do find that offensive since I will go for a KL7 in a pileup and could miss a multiplier by taking the KL7 out-of-ord