[RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013

[Roger Cooke]

HI Guys.

  Itotally agree with John. The US messed up the call area situation 
and should have left it
alone. I do see your point about changing calls when you change 
areas, but there should
have been provision for that by just changing the number!  We used 
to know where a W6
was. Now he could be in NY, Fla, or ND.

73 de Roger, G3LDI

On 07/01/2013 12:50, John GW4SKA wrote:
> 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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