That sounds like a complete paradox to me! If they don't add their
call area then how are
we supposed to know where they are and if they are a mult or not?
73 de Confused of Swardeston Roger, G3LDI
On 09/01/2013 10:53, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
All those contests use US Call Areas as mults, but they don't
require stations to add their correct call area as a suffix.
BARTG is unique in that outdated requirement.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On 1/9/2013 5:50 AM, pcooper wrote:
Hi all,
Well, thanks for all the responses!
Yes, I do appreciate that the comparison between G, GU etc and W
is not a good one, but it was the only way I could think of
explaining it.
Now, several folk kindly emailed me direct to say things like -
Yes, but G.GU etc are different DXCC's, with which I agree.
By the same token, KL7/KH6/KP2 are ALSO different DXCC's, but you
still find some in RTTY contests operating from the "lower 48".
I even got a KH8 in one contest that was on mainland America.
I don't know the answer to this, but does the FCC require that
you sign differently if you are operating away from your home
address?
In the UK, if we are operating somewhere other than our
designated home address, we must sign /P for any temporary
address, or /A from an "alternative" address, where the
alternative is somewhere designated on our licence.
Let's say that you are W6XXX operating from Florida, and you
enter the BARTG contest as W6XXX only.
If your log was to be classed as a check-log only, because you
weren't following the rules, would you be annoyed?
Maybe contests that use US call areas as mults ought to enforce
this part of the rule?
Apart from the BARTG contest, there is the EA RTTY contest,
DL-DX, DRCG LDC, SARTG, JARTS, and WAEDC all use US (and some
also include VE/JA/VK) call areas as mults, so please don't just
single out BARTG for criticism.
Thanks again for all the comments.
73 de Phil GU0SUP
(definitely in GU!)
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