[RTTY] AA5AU SARTG Score

[Don Cassel]

Okay, I'll be a contrarian. As an outsider I would prefer to see the
portable designation. There are times when beam headings are important from
here such as when a W6 is really in /1 or some variation of this. However, I
do agree that in some cases, such as DXpedition pileups by the number, the
portable would be confusing. The bottom line in the real world of contesting
is that there are not all that many times when portable is really useful. So
does that mean that I actually agree? :-)

73,
Don VE3XD



> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:46 AM
> To: Ken Brookner
> Cc: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] AA5AU SARTG Score
>
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:53:02 -0700, "Ken Brookner" <kenb at brookner.com>
> wrote:
>
> >my preference for continental US ops is to disallow all portable signing
> >during contests.  for working by numbers, i'm a '5' and i don't play
> >games trying to double dip in pile-ups by also trying the 'portable 7'
> >ploy.  where contests absolutely require portable signing, i generally
> >don't play anymore.
> >
> >i think that would make it simpler for everyone to *not* use portable
> >signage for US continental ops.  my .02.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> I agree, also being "out of area".  There's nothing wrong with using
> US call areas for multipliers, but since the FCC has removed the
> requirement for signing portable, I see it as more of a "prefix" than
> a physical location.  More like WPX, in other words.
>
> W7TI is my call assigned by the FCC; W7TI/6 is not.
>
> As I recall, in some other countries the /portable designator is NOT
> optional, so there it makes sense because it is the actual call.
>
> But ultimately, it's up to the contest sponsors to make it mandatory
> or not.
>
> --
> 73, Bill W7TI/6 (sort of)
>
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