[CQ-Contest] How to log an air mobile station in ARRL-10 contest?

[David Pruett]

Oliver,

I'm the guy who checks the 10M logs (or perhaps more precisely, the guys 
who wrote the software that I execute to check the 10M logs), so here is 
the what we have been checking to.

I agree with you that the rules seem strangely silent on the subject of 
aeronautical mobiles.  No, I did not write the rules.  OTOH, in the ten 
or so years I've been checking the logs for this contest, there have 
only been a handful of QSOs reported with aeronautical mobile stations, 
so it's not an issue with big impact.

Philosophically, if you allow maritime mobiles, why not aeronautical 
mobiles since both type share similar characteristics.  So log it in the 
same way as a maritime mobile.  Our logchecking software requires any 
QSO with a callsign ending in "/MM" or ("/AM") to have a region 
designator as the received exchange; that is, it must be "R1", "R2" or 
"R3".  The "R" allows us to identify it as a region, not a QSO number.

73, Dave Pruett, K8CC


Oliver Dröse wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I worked a station /am in a plane during the ARRL 10 m contest. He sent me a 
> serial number as well as the IARU region he was flying in.
>
> Now how do I log this contact? With serial number or region? The rules are clear 
> concerning maritime mobile (/mm) operations but no mention concerning air 
> mobile. And if with region which format to use? For region 2 just input "2" as 
> the exchange or rather "R2"? How do you distinguish between as serial number and 
> a region number?
>
> To make it even more interesting: For maritime mobile contacts the IARU region 
> sent is a multiplier. How about the air mobile station then?
>
> Any advice?
>
> Vy 73, Olli - DH8BQA
>
>
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