i have a 5-land call and live in 7-land. i don't sign portable under
any circumstances anymore. i used to, but caught flack from dx about
doing so in contests. because of the various master call databases i
had to become consistent, otherwise i would hear "/7??," or "7 or not??"
all the time from both phone and digital contests (and even dx during
non-contest contacts) and this just slows everyone down.
my preference for continental US ops is to disallow all portable signing
during contests. for working by numbers, i'm a '5' and i don't play
games trying to double dip in pile-ups by also trying the 'portable 7'
ploy. where contests absolutely require portable signing, i generally
don't play anymore.
i think that would make it simpler for everyone to *not* use portable
signage for US continental ops. my .02.
kenb, ky5g
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of llindblom@juno.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:11 AM
> To: k5ww@wcsonline.net
> Cc: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] AA5AU SARTG Score
>
>
>
> As always it seems many North Americans only understand
> imperatives like "must" or "shall."
>
> My all time favorites are the stations who sometimes sign
> portable and sometimes don't. This is typically done in a
> pile up on rare DX working by call areas;-)
>
> 73 Larry L
> W0ETC
>
> --- "Gert E. Janssens" <k5ww@wcsonline.net> wrote:
>
> The rules for SARTG say:
>
> "NOTE: Stations operating from call areas other than their
> call ID, are asked to use '/x' for their actual call area,
> i.e. K5DJ/1."
>
> The word "asked" often gets "misinterpreted".
>
> 73,
>
> Gert - K5WW
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] AA5AU SARTG Score
>
>
>
>
> On 18 Aug 2003 Shelby Summerville wrote:
>
> > "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net> wrote: "What
> really pushed me to
> > compete hard in the last two periods was a US station
> with a 5 callsign not
> > signing / portable the area he was in."
> >
> > Until contest sponsors make rules requiring, not
> suggesting, signing
> > "portable", there will be no change! Contest entrants are
> notorious for
> > "pushing the envelope", and, IMHO, it behooves the
> sponsors to "stay one
> > step ahead", not "several behind"?
> >
> > C'Ya, Shelby
> >
>
> I thought it WAS required. I had some time available last weekend,
> and was considering operating SARTG, but decided not to when I saw
> that rule about signing portable. International contest
> sponsors need
> to realize that there are no US geographic call areas any
> more. All
> the number means is where one was first licensed, if still holding
> the original call. If one has have a vanity call even that isn't
> true. I haven't lived in "2 land" since 1979 and I'm not portable!
> Barry W2UP (in PA, not portable 3)--
> Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
>
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