[TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes

[Don]

Not a tower item, but an interesting thread. I was curious what the FCC 
Regulations stated and how the ARRL viewed the topic. So I asked Dan 
Henderson, the ARRL Reg Info Manager. What he says mirrors what I've 
read on DX blogs.

"/Hey Don/

//

/ The core is Part 97.119./

//

/In territory where the FCC regulates amateur radio (which includes KP2, 
KP4, etc) a US licensee in only required to give their FCC assigned 
callsign.  You are not required by the FCC to sign portable or mobile, 
etc.  You may choose to do so, but it isn’t required. It would be as 
legal for me to sign N1ND in Hawaii as it would for me to sign 
N1ND/KH6.  A foreign licensee operating under reciprocity per 97.107 
does have to identify with an identifier per 97.119./

//

///You won’t find it spelled out that specifically in Part 97.  They 
don’t say what it is not required – they simply say what is required.  
The core is Part 97.119./"

So, it appears the only place the slant or portable designation is 
required is where it involves reciprocal operating authority as outlined 
in FCC 97-107.

It seems this does not preclude a requirement by a contesting group for 
a particular contest to require the entry of the slash or portable 
designation when scoring is based on the DXCC designation of places like 
Alaska (KL/W1XXX), Hawaii (KHx/W1XXX), etc.(so what may be received may 
be entered differently in the logging program).

My example is based on their only being one KL entity, unlike KH which 
has several.

But I could be wrong re the contest setups, not well versed on them.

Don W7WLL

On 11/6/2018 7:52 AM, Mal Speer wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mal Speer <malco at carolina.rr.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:26 AM
> To: 'john at kk9a.com' <john at kk9a.com>; 'towertalk at contesting.com'
> <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Cc: 'richard at karlquist.com' <richard at karlquist.com>
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes
>
> It used to be required in the old days that if you were operating in a
> different call area you required to announce your call area as part of your
> call. Right now I am in the 4th call area in CW my call would have been
> WA2TWA/4, in SSB it would be WA2TWA portable 4. Actually I live in 4 land
> and my call would have been changed to W4 whatever. I once got a warning
> letter from an OO because I said slash instead of portable on SSB.
>
> 73 de Mal WA2TWA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
> john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 8:45 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Cc: richard at karlquist.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] any chance for a qso for sweepstakes
>
> I believe that WA9ABC/KP2 is the proper way to sign in a contest just like
> KK9A/4 would be if I chose to use the self assigned designator. A FCC
> license is good anywhere in the US and territories without a portable
> designator. I could have legally used WP2AA last weekend from North
> Carolina. Regarding towers: often closer stations on the high bands are not
> stronger short path so I avoid turning antennas or switching antennas if the
> current setting is somewhat working.
>
> John KK9A - W4AAA
>
>
> From:	"Richard (Rick) Karlquist" N6RK
> Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2018 19:59:02 -0800
>
> 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
>
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