[RTTY] Suggestion for JARTS 2008

[Alan Burgstahler]

I made 450 contacts (including the dupes) and count 19 USA stations 
operating in a different call area than their calls, and did not sign /x for 
the call area they were operating in.  You're right, I checked the JARTS 
rules and it doesn't say anything in there about signing your call that way 
(unlike other contests).  However, how many of those people do you think 
read the rules before the contest (or even after the contest).  I've seen a 
number of contests that require this, and there are still people not signing 
portable anything.

It's not a pain for LOTW to take care of this.  All the person has to do is 
to request a new cert with the /x in it.  I have three certs currently 
outstanding for my call, N7BF, N7BF/7 and N7BF/M, and I can use whichever 
one is required by the contact I made.  (I haven't used the /7 or /M in a 
while, but still keep them active, renewing them as necessary.)

Alan - N7BF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Goeppinger" <timgep at hotmail.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:51 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Suggestion for JARTS 2008



I would like to make a suggestion to JARTS for their contest next year. 
Somewhere in
their rules, they need to say that if you are operating from Japan, US, 
Canada or Australia, and
are operating outside your call area, that you must sign portable for your 
call area.  This
is because each call area in JA, W, VE and VK count as multipliers.

There were many who did this, like K7RE/0 and NA4M/5, but I know of at least 
a half
dozen out of call area stations in the US that did not sign portable.

I understand it is a pain for LOTW to do this, but it makes a fairer and 
better contest for us all.

73,

Tim K6GEP