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-order. KH6 folks in the
states are fewer, but oh my there are a lot of KL7 that should be KL7xx/W7
and so on.
Does the committee enforce this rule? I am a 1 in 5-Land, my excuse is my
old W5LA call was reissued before I came back from 1-Land. From the error
rates in the log-check reports some guys still think I am in CT or ENY ...
it's been 25-years and 15-years since those days. Frankly if 0.5% of the
stations that call me blow my ARRL Section or ZONE, on average, then they
deserve to have the QSO DQ'd - Lower 48 calls in a different call area are
very common and many top contesters (N2IC, K6LL as big-gun examples)
haven't been in their "home" call area for many years .... KP#, KH#, and KL#
guys are a different DXCC entity and MUST properly show their true call area
when operating from the USA Lower 48.
IMHO, 73, Jim N1CC
-----Original Message-----
From: BobK8IA@aol.com [mailto:BobK8IA@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:12 AM
To: k8cc@comcast.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] which contests would require me to sign AA7XT/0
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, Bob K8IA (N7AT)
In a message dated 12/16/2012 6:35:47 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
k8cc@comcast.net writes:
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 multiplier credit in that
contest.
I'm not sure whether that requirement is still in place or not. WPX might
have been the last holdout :-)
73, Dave/K8CC
William Hein wrote:
> 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 sign /0 as I
> recall
the
> rules required me to do so.
>
> I'm now back living and hamming in Colorado with a non-zero call AA7XT
> (long story). I checked CQ WW rules today to see if would have to sign
/0
> in that contest and I didn't see any rules concerning portable calls.
Did
> CQ drop this rule?
>
> Are there any contests that will require me to sign /0?
>
> 73
> Bill AA7XT
> Glade Park CO
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