On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:53:02 -0700, "Ken Brookner" <kenb@brookner.com>
wrote:
>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.
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I agree, also being "out of area". There's nothing wrong with using
US call areas for multipliers, but since the FCC has removed the
requirement for signing portable, I see it as more of a "prefix" than
a physical location. More like WPX, in other words.
W7TI is my call assigned by the FCC; W7TI/6 is not.
As I recall, in some other countries the /portable designator is NOT
optional, so there it makes sense because it is the actual call.
But ultimately, it's up to the contest sponsors to make it mandatory
or not.
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73, Bill W7TI/6 (sort of)
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