[RTTY] WI0WA WPX RTTY

[Larry L Lindblom]

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 at 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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