To my aging memory a few years back the portable designator was mandatory
in WPX CW & SSB, if you were operating in a different call area than the
one in your call. I jumped to an invalid conclusion from that.
However, the rules confuse me a little and say "United States portable
stations are not permitted to select a portable prefix designation. For
example, WS7I/2 is permitted, but WS7I/WY2 or WS7I/KZ2 is not." So maybe
the issue becomes is KK1KK in 0 land a portable station by the rules and
should he sign KK1KK/0 or is that just his option?
Oh well, this is only radio contesting, and not a life or death issue.
As someone who has been through a stroke and Leukemia, I can guarantee
you that is true.
73 W0ETC/WI0WA
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:04:27 -0800 Kok Chen <chen@mac.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 04:20 PM, W0ETC wrote:
>
> > Also, it bothers me that at least one serious station who is
> > known to be in a call area other than the one in their suffix was
> not
> > signing with the portable designator.
>
> Yes, there was one multi-multi that I know who was out of their
> call
> area and did not sign portable. I'd happened to also work them on
> all 5 bands, and it only became clear after I found out the QTH why
> it was so easy to work them on all bands :-).
>
> There was also a single op that I know who did not sign portable
> out
> of his call area.
>
> However, the rules only requires you to sign portable if you are
> outside
> of your DXCC counter. So, neither of the above have broken the
> rules,
> as far as I know.
>
> I would have used AA6TY/7, but I have a rather mundane callsign
> now :-).
>
> Hey, what was HC8N doing in TI5, anyway :-) :-).
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
>
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