[RTTY] STATION IDENTIFICATION IN CONTESTING

[john at kk9a.com]

97.119 does not state that you need to use DE in front of your callsign.
It does not even define what a communication is.  There is also no
requirement to give the callsign of the station that you are working.

John KK9A - W4AAA in 2012 CQWW RTTY Contest




To:	rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] STATION IDENTIFICATION IN CONTESTING
From:	 KH6GMP
Date:	 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:03:57 -1000


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:
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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.
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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)