[RTTY] US call signs (BARTG)

[Paul Stoetzer]

All those contests use US Call Areas as mults, but they don't require 
stations to add their correct call area as a suffix.  BARTG is unique in 
that outdated requirement.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On 1/9/2013 5:50 AM, pcooper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Well, thanks for all the responses!
> Yes, I do appreciate that the comparison between G, GU etc and W is not a good one, but it was the only way I could think of explaining it.
>
> Now, several folk kindly emailed me direct to say things like - Yes, but G.GU etc are different DXCC's, with which I agree.
> By the same token, KL7/KH6/KP2 are ALSO different DXCC's, but you still find some in RTTY contests operating from the "lower 48".
> I even got a KH8 in one contest that was on mainland America.
>
> I don't know the answer to this, but does the FCC require that you sign differently if you are operating away from your home address?
> In the UK, if we are operating somewhere other than our designated home address, we must sign /P for any temporary address, or /A from an "alternative" address, where the alternative is somewhere designated on our licence.
>
> Let's say that you are W6XXX operating from Florida, and you enter the BARTG contest as W6XXX only.
> If your log was to be classed as a check-log only, because you weren't following the rules, would you be annoyed?
> Maybe contests that use US call areas as mults ought to enforce this part of the rule?
> Apart from the BARTG contest, there is the EA RTTY contest, DL-DX, DRCG LDC, SARTG, JARTS, and WAEDC all use US (and some also include VE/JA/VK) call areas as mults, so please don't just single out BARTG for criticism.
>
> Thanks again for all the comments.
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
> (definitely in GU!)
>
>
>
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