[TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

It would be a useful courtesy for stations such as
the ones in VI and PR to announce their SS plans
ahead of time to avoid unnecessary confusion.
While I'm on my soapbox, IMHO, they should avoid
the debacle of a few years ago where a station
was signing something like WA9ABC/KP2 instead
of the much friendlier KP2/WA9ABC.  What was he
thinking?

I can remember several times when I was called
by a KL7 operating stateside with no portable
identifier and turned the beam towards KL7
only to have the signal disappear and then have
to turn it back, needlessly wasting time for
both of us.

In the recent contest, I used the 180 degree
button on the MonstIR for working several KH6's
that luckily were actually in KH6.  I'm always
amazed by how well they hear me off the back
of the beam.

Jim is "excused."  "Everyone" knows he is in
W6 :-)

Rick N6RK



On 11/5/2018 7:06 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Sure. The FCC makes the rules, not ARRL. :)  Now, a few contests require 
> /designators. SS is not one of them. BARTG buries the requirement in a 
> section o scoring. I got DQed when I submitted a log without signing /6. 
> I haven't entered that contest since.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> On 11/5/2018 6:55 PM, WW3S wrote:
>> Yes, but......they are also DXCC entities......so could a KH6 operate 
>> from KL7 without any kind of designator?
> 
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