[RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013

[John GW4SKA]

Gary, Ken, you have said it all. The rules work for the rest of the world 
... it's the mess with calls in the US that is raising this question.

Something more important is the difficulty in assessing propagation when 
hearing US stations calling. It's nice to know when a band is open to the 
West coast or one of the difficult middle states. DX spots usually just give 
a call without a specific location and the US callsigns are meaningless.

I don't see the BARTG rules changing ....

73,

John GW4SKA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013


>A more appropriate question would be when will the FCC revise their 
>"archaic" bureaucratic polices that created this unmitigated mess in the 
>first place?  What is the point in having 10 different calls areas if you 
>can get any call number you want, regardless of which geographic "call 
>area" you reside in?  Actually, you don't even have to reside in any of the 
>call areas, just have a mailing address in one where you can receive FCC 
>mailings if they want to contact you.  Of course, the question is 
>rhetorical. Without distinct call districts there would be no need for 
>duplicative FCC staff in all regions of the country drawing top salary and 
>retirement benefits from the public pay trough.
>
> Remember the BARTG Sprint is their contest, not ours. If you don't like 
> the "slash" rule either don't enter the contest or get a call with a 
> number that reflects where you live!
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Alexander" <k.alexander at rogers.com>
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: January 06, 2013 7:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013
>
>
>> It's not archaic, it's logical.
>>
>> Canada, Australia and the U.S. are large countries, so part of the 
>> challenge of working all call districts means that you managed to hit all 
>> corners of a country the size of Europe.  As a non-U.S. ham looking for 
>> multipliers I don't want to waste my time calling a W6 only to find he's 
>> NOT from California.  It's annoying (actually, it's annoying the rest of 
>> the year too).  You work a VK4 and you know he's in Queensland; you work 
>> a JA8 and you know he's in Hokkaido; you work a VE1 and you know he's in 
>> Nova Scotia.  You work a W6 and he could be anywhere.  In a contest 
>> that's a waste of our time.
>>
>> It baffles me why the FCC would let a ham move to a different call 
>> district and keep their original call sign (I assume that's what is 
>> happening.  I hope that, for example, they aren't issuing W7 calls to new 
>> hams who live in New York State).  Regardless, it's a bed that someone 
>> down there made and unfortunately a few times a year you have to sleep in 
>> it.
>>
>> I hope BARTG keeps the rules just the way they are.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Ken Alexander
>> VE3HLS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2013-01-06 9:29 PM, Ed wrote:
>>> On 01/06/2013 04:36 AM, Roger Cooke wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>
>>>> Full rules can be found on the BARTG web site here:
>>>
>>> When will BARTG revamp their archaic rules for US call areas.
>>>
>>> Ed W3NR
>>>
>>>
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