[RTTY] New

[Larry]

While N7ZYS may be legal from an FCC point of view it
would violate rules for many contests as it does not indicate
its actual (DXCC, DX) country whereas N7ZYS/KL (or /NL,
/AL) would be OK. The /KL etc does not automatically mean
that the requests for state would stop but may reduce the requests.

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: "Rtty" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] New


> Jim hit the nail on the head with the exchange from AK.  We send a serial
> number in RRU, not a state abbreviation.  So if N7ZYS sends just his call
> and then the required serial number because he is in AK I suspect he will
> get many requests for ST? ST? as the call by itself doesn't indicate his 
> DX
> location.  So he is legal, but faces the dilemma of being slowed down by
> having to send the "/KL" appended to his call or by the requests to send 
> his
> "ST?"  I don't know how long Neil will be operating from AK, but the best
> solution might be to apply for a standard AK call or vanity call from the
> FCC for the duration up here.
>
> Even with my AK call sign I got many requests for "ST?" or "WHAT IS YOUR
> STATE" as if I were to dumb to know the rules.  From prior experience I
> anticipated this and had some memories in my MKII loaded with various
> replies.
>
> AK AK DX DX QSL?  (This may not be good enough as some will think AK means
> Arkansas!)
> ALASKA ALASKA QSL?
> and for the stubborn
> AK IS DX IN RU - TU QRZ AL9A
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry at gmail.com>
> To: "Al Kozakiewicz" <akozak at hourglass.com>; "Neilensign"
> <neilensign at yahoo.com>; "Rtty" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: January 12, 2012 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] New
>
>
>> Alaska sends a serial number not a state.  I for one liked the /kl7. That
>> way I knew he was in Alaska and expected a serial number instead of a
>> state.
>> Some of the new folks sent a serial number and a state. I just wish they
>> would read the rules.
>>
>> 73
>> Jim W7RY
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Al Kozakiewicz" <akozak at hourglass.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:56 PM
>> To: "Neilensign" <neilensign at yahoo.com>; "Rtty" <rtty at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RTTY] New
>>
>>> In a sense it did take forever; nearly twice as long at any rate,
>>>
>>> Sending just your callsign twice (N7ZYS N7ZYS) takes 17 characters.
>>> Adding the /KL7 takes 31:
>>>
>>> BAUDOT is a 5 bit code, which translates into 32 possible combinations.
>>> Not enough for all the letters, numbers and a few symbols.  As a result,
>>> the code requires a letters shift character to tell the decoder that the
>>> characters following are to be decoded as letters and a figures shift to
>>> signify that the characters following are to be decoded as numbers or
>>> figures. Some common characters (like space and CR) are in both the
>>> letters and figs table.  So, to send N7ZYS/KL7 once requires the
>>> following
>>> sequence:
>>>
>>> {LTRS}N{FIGS}7{LTRS}ZYS{FIGS}/{LTRS}KL{FIGS}7{SP}
>>>
>>> You can see that adding the /KL7 adds 7 or 8 characters to your 
>>> callsign,
>>> depending on whether a letter follows or not. E.g. /KL7 599 takes 7,
>>> while
>>> /KL7 AK takes 8 since you need to shift back to letters before sending
>>> 'AK'.
>>>
>>> I don't believe signing /portable is required by law if you are licensed
>>> in the USA.  If you only run S&P, adding the extra suffix probably
>>> doesn't
>>> buy you much.  Adding it when running might attract interest in certain
>>> contests.  Obviously you need to use the same callsign throughout the
>>> contest. so you need to choose wisely.
>>>
>>> Al
>>> AB2ZY
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Neilensign [neilensign at yahoo.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:22 PM
>>> To: Rtty
>>> Subject: [RTTY] New
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> This past contest was my first. I posted a dismal 107 contacts. I'll
>>> devote more time next time.
>>> I have a couple of questions....
>>> My call is N7ZYS and I used N7ZYS/KL7. Seemed like it took forever to
>>> send
>>> my call 2 times. Since I'm in Alaska, what would be appropriate?
>>> Also, I downloaded the N1MM macros for the contest. I trusted they were
>>> ok
>>> to use the way they are. Is this ok to do?
>>> I'm learning a lot about what and what not to do on here. Thanks,
>>>
>>> Neil
>>> N7ZYS
>>>
>>> Sent from Neil's iPhone
>>>
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