Not a tower item, but an interesting thread. I was curious what the FCC
Regulations stated and how the ARRL viewed the topic. So I asked Dan
Henderson, the ARRL Reg Info Manager. What he says mirrors what I've
read on DX blogs.
"/Hey Don/
//
/ The core is Part 97.119./
//
/In territory where the FCC regulates amateur radio (which includes KP2,
KP4, etc) a US licensee in only required to give their FCC assigned
callsign. You are not required by the FCC to sign portable or mobile,
etc. You may choose to do so, but it isn’t required. It would be as
legal for me to sign N1ND in Hawaii as it would for me to sign
N1ND/KH6. A foreign licensee operating under reciprocity per 97.107
does have to identify with an identifier per 97.119./
//
///You won’t find it spelled out that specifically in Part 97. They
don’t say what it is not required – they simply say what is required.
The core is Part 97.119./"
So, it appears the only place the slant or portable designation is
required is where it involves reciprocal operating authority as outlined
in FCC 97-107.
It seems this does not preclude a requirement by a contesting group for
a particular contest to require the entry of the slash or portable
designation when scoring is based on the DXCC designation of places like
Alaska (KL/W1XXX), Hawaii (KHx/W1XXX), etc.(so what may be received may
be entered differently in the logging program).
My example is based on their only being one KL entity, unlike KH which
has several.
But I could be wrong re the contest setups, not well versed on them.
Don W7WLL
On 11/6/2018 7:52 AM, Mal Speer wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Speer <malco@carolina.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:26 AM
To: 'john@kk9a.com' <john@kk9a.com>; 'towertalk@contesting.com'
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Cc: 'richard@karlquist.com' <richard@karlquist.com>
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes
It used to be required in the old days that if you were operating in a
different call area you required to announce your call area as part of your
call. Right now I am in the 4th call area in CW my call would have been
WA2TWA/4, in SSB it would be WA2TWA portable 4. Actually I live in 4 land
and my call would have been changed to W4 whatever. I once got a warning
letter from an OO because I said slash instead of portable on SSB.
73 de Mal WA2TWA
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of
john@kk9a.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 8:45 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: richard@karlquist.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes
I believe that WA9ABC/KP2 is the proper way to sign in a contest just like
KK9A/4 would be if I chose to use the self assigned designator. A FCC
license is good anywhere in the US and territories without a portable
designator. I could have legally used WP2AA last weekend from North
Carolina. Regarding towers: often closer stations on the high bands are not
stronger short path so I avoid turning antennas or switching antennas if the
current setting is somewhat working.
John KK9A - W4AAA
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" N6RK
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 19:59:02 -0800
It would be a useful courtesy for stations such as the ones in VI and PR to
announce their SS plans ahead of time to avoid unnecessary confusion.
While I'm on my soapbox, IMHO, they should avoid the debacle of a few years
ago where a station was signing something like WA9ABC/KP2 instead of the
much friendlier KP2/WA9ABC. What was he thinking?
I can remember several times when I was called by a KL7 operating stateside
with no portable identifier and turned the beam towards KL7 only to have the
signal disappear and then have to turn it back, needlessly wasting time for
both of us.
In the recent contest, I used the 180 degree button on the MonstIR for
working several KH6's that luckily were actually in KH6. I'm always amazed
by how well they hear me off the back of the beam.
Jim is "excused." "Everyone" knows he is in
W6 :-)
Rick N6RK
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