[RTTY] SCC Logging question

[Don Cassel]

Thanks for the promo Robert.

For your info I am now operating as VE3XD since late December 2002 but plan
to continue using the VE3BUC call for the eHAM articles.

73,
Don VE3XD (VE3BUC)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert Bajuk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: RTTY
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] SCC Logging question
>
>
>
> BTW, nice article regarding call areas written by Don-VE3BUC is
> available on the Eham.net.
>
> This is only an extract, full article can be found at:
> http://www.eham.net/newham/callsigns
>
> Robert, S57AW
>
> ------------------
> Call Signs
> Every licensed Radio Amateur is given a call sign that is used to
> identify you and your location of license. Each country that has
> Amateur Radio status is allocated a range of call signs by the
> International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
>
> Prefix and Suffix
> Call signs consist of a prefix and a suffix. The prefix is
> usually composed of one or two letters and a number such as VE4
> in Canada for the province of Manitoba or K9 in the U.S. for the
> states Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Some countries have
> prefixes that are composed of a number and a letter such as 4X
> for Israel or 9K for Kuwait.
>
> While the prefix uniquely identifies a country the suffix is
> unique for the individual. In Canada a call sign such as VE3ABC
> has VE3 (Ontario) as the prefix and ABC as the suffix. In the U.S
> the call sign K6XYZ has a prefix of K6 (California) and suffix of
> XYZ. U.S. hams may also have a two letter prefix thus AB2Z is a
> valid call. Suffixes may also be less than three letters so you
> have call signs such as VE7AB in British Columbia and KH6Y in Hawaii.
>
> Call Areas
>       In North America the number in the call sign generally
> refers to an area of the country. The 3 in VE3 refers to Ontario
> and the 6 in K6 refers to California. The number may be shared
> between states in the U.S. so that 1 as in K1 or W1 can refer to
> the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire,
> Rhode Island and Vermont. Usually in Canada the number refers to
> a single province although VE1 can refer to the Maritime
> provinces New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.
>       Other countries follow a similar practice so you can have
> states in Brazil and Prefectures in Japan.
>
>
>
> U.S. Prefixes
> Prefixes used by Amateurs in the United States are shown in the
> following table. U.S. Radio Amateurs may have either a single
> letter or two letters in the prefix. See the two letter
> allocations at the bottom of the table. The single letter
> prefixes K, and N are also in use by U.S. Amateurs. To further
> complicate matters Amateurs that have moved to a different area
> of the country may retain their existing call sign so when you
> hear W8ABC you may be receiving a signal from other than the W8 states.
>
>             Call Sign Prefix State
>             W0 Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
> Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
>             W1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
> Rhode Island, Vermont
>             W2 New Jersey, New York
>             W3 Delaware, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania
>             W4 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North
> Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
>             W5 Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico,
> Oklahoma, Texas
>             W6 California
>             W7 Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon,
> Washington, Wyoming
>             W8 Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia
>             W9 Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin
>             AL0-7, KL0-7,
>             NL0-7, WL0-7 Alaska
>             AH6-7, KH6-7,
>             NH6-7, WH6-7 Hawaii
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                   Additional prefixes
>
>             A, AA - AK K, KA - KK
>             KM - KW
>             KX - KZ
>             N, NA - NK
>             NM - NW
>             NX - NZ
>             WA - WK
>             WM - WO
>             WQ - WW
>             WX - WZ
>
>
> Operating Portable or Mobile
> If an amateur operator is in a province, state or country other
> than his or her own then he/she is working portable. So if VE3BUC
> was operating in Alberta then he would use the call sign
> VE3BUC/VE6 pronounced as "VE3BUC portable VE6." If he was in
> Florida then the call sign VE3BUC/W4 would be used. W5AX in New
> York would use W5AX/W2 and in Quebec would use W5AX/VE2. Although
> a common practice for U.S. hams who have moved to a new state is
> to continue with their old callsign. Thus N2AB who moves to Texas
> might be using the same call without the portable indication. But
> he could sign N2AB/5. Confusing?
>
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