[RTTY] US call signs (BARTG)

[GL-DJ3IW-Web]

A definite NO to this.
Please check the rules of the DRCG contests LDC and DL-DX.
LDC rules:
Stations operating from call areas other than indicated by their call
must use '/x' with 'x' giving their actual call area i.e. K5DJ/1.
DL-DX rules:
Stations operating from call areas other than their call ID, must
use '/x' for their actual call area i.e. K5DJ/1.

73 de Goetz DJ3IW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Stoetzer" <n8hm at arrl.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] US call signs (BARTG)


> 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 that outdated requirement.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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