[RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Likewise, although the FCC is a federal authority, it makes sense
> that when you move from one call district to another that you get a
> call sign that corresponds to the call district you now reside in.

10 call districts for the US is completely arbitrary ... initially
there were only 9!  Some countries don't even use all the digits
in their callsigns.

> This is the way it works with call signs everywhere else and its the
> way a lot of people would like to see it again according to the
> reaction I got from my original post on the subject.

No it's not ... tell me where a G has to change callsigns when moving
within England, or an F has to change callsigns when moving within
France, or a DL has to change callsigns when moving within Germany.

> Likewise, although the FCC is a federal authority, it makes sense
> that when you move from one call district to another that you get a
> call sign that corresponds to the call district you now reside in.

It's the United States' FCC that made the decision.  If you want to
go back to call districts meaning something - also go back to the
days when we could have multiple callsigns so we can get appropriate
calls for each call area.  *Otherwise* keep your nose out of US
regulatory matters and stop penalizing US stations.

I played the game of using /4 when I first moved to Florida.  I
decided I was not likely to move back to "8 land" and got a call
with the "proper" numeral but I would not do it again if I ever
happen to leave 4-land.

It is, after all, the decision of the US regulatory authority - not
some amateurs half a world away.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 1/7/2013 11:14 PM, Ken Alexander wrote:
> Geez Bill, where are you getting this from?  I was pretty careful to
> keep my discussion about moving from one call district to another.
> Nobody suggested 50 call districts or thousands based on counties, and
> any discussion of speed limits is irrelevant here.  You've taken this to
> a ridiculous conclusion that only damages your credibility.
>
> My comparison to drivers licenses when moving from state to state was
> merely to point out that you had to get a new state-issued drivers
> license if you took up residency in a new state.  Likewise, although the
> FCC is a federal authority, it makes sense that when you move from one
> call district to another that you get a call sign that corresponds to
> the call district you now reside in.  This is the way it works with call
> signs everywhere else and its the way a lot of people would like to see
> it again according to the reaction I got from my original post on the
> subject.
>
> Ultimately, nothing is likely to change.  As you say, one call will be
> issued that's good for anywhere in the U.S..  It's just a shame to see
> an orderly system (one that works so well everywhere else in the world)
> trashed in the name of bureaucratic laziness and personal vanity.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken Alexander
> VE3HLS
>
>
> On 2013-01-07 9:31 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:46:57 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> You report any moves to another call district, just like you do with
>>> your drivers license when you move to a new state, right?
>> REPLY:
>> Apples and oranges.
>>
>> In the USA, different states have different rules of the road. In wide
>> open
>> Montana speed limits may be quite different from a more congested
>> eastern state.
>> Having a driver's license and different rules for each state makes sense.
>>
>> Not so for the FCC. The rules are nationwide and do not vary from one
>> part of
>> the country to another.
>>
>> So let's take you point. I live in California and have a W6 call
>> (W6WRT, my
>> initials). Suppose I move to the 5th call area and I become W5WRT. Now
>> what
>> state am I in? Would you like the FCC to issue calls based on the
>> state? There
>> could be W01AAA through W50ZZZ  I suppose. California was the 31st
>> state so I
>> could be W31WRT.  Would that be better? There are some 3000+ counties
>> in the
>> USA. Why not have W2754XXX? Is that better? How about cities? Towns?
>> Villages?
>> Wide spots in the road?
>>
>> As it is now, the FCC issues one call that is valid anywhere in it's
>> jurisdiction. Good enough I say.
>>
>> Bill, W6WRT
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