[SEDXC] SEDXC 50th anniversary

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Carl,

Anything FOLLOWING the call (e.g., /50, /m, /p, etc.) is known to the 
FCC as a "self-assigned identifier" and other than /W#, they don't 
care what we do.  The US/Canada reciprocal agreement requires any 
Canadian operating in the US to sign "homecall/W#" but other than that 
US amateurs are free to do what they want with self-assigned identifiers
(witness some of the lighthouse and boat operations).

A special award for working "n" club members signing /50  during a 
set period of time would make some good sense. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sedxc-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:sedxc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:38 PM
> To: SEDXC at contesting.com
> Subject: [SEDXC] SEDXC 50th anniversary
> 
> 
> I guess we have about a year to decide the appropriate "celebration" 
> for our beloved club.  I have over the years heard stations on the 
> air signing /## and I think I also have heard things like wb4#znh.  
> The FCC doesn't want to issue special event calls any more and the 
> ARRL has some 1x1 callsigns it can "loan" out.  My terminology is 
> probably all wrong, but you get my meaning, I hope.  If we could get 
> permission to sign our calls like WB4ZNH/50 for a couple months, that 
> might be nice.  I wonder if /C might be possible since C is not an 
> international prefix, but is the Roman Numeral for 50.  How does a 
> person inquire about such things?  
> 73, Carl