[RTTY] STATION IDENTIFICATION IN CONTESTING

[John Merrill]

A lot of stations break the ID rule in contests.

John N1JM

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:03 AM, KH6GMP <kh6gmp at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> Here is a new thread that I would imagine will bring up a lot of comments.
> After seeing all the comments regarding exchanges in the rtty contests
> lately, here is a part of one that brought to mind a question Ive always
> had about contesting both RTTY and phone.  The partial quote I refer to is:
> ---------
> Using "DE" in a contest where the exchange is US states is not
> recommended. That happens to be the abbreviation for Delaware, and if there
> were QRM or QRN the "NY" in the above might be missed and the Q logged as
> Delaware.
> ----------
> My concern is with the station identification section of the FCC rules
> which is:
>
> Sec. 97.119 Station identification.
> (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand
> station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting
> channel at the end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes
> during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the
> transmissions from the station known to those receiving the
> transmissions.
>
> I have always included in my transmissions, whether in runs when giving my
> QSL/QRZ or when answering another station and giving my report, with DE and
> my call. This is because in the above cited FCC reg, I feel that 'at the
> end of each communication' means after each contact with a particular
> station.  From what I see I think I am in the minority when I do this. Id
> like to know how the other contesters feel about this issue.
>
> 73 ALOHA DE KH6GMP (in Hawaii, not Delaware)
>
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