This has been an issue in DXing too. For Bill it should not
be a major problem as he is a W7 residing in W6 and
propagation should be the same regardless of call area, so
signing /6 probably gains nothing and may actually lose
because there will probably be more W6's in the pileup than
W7's, assuming the DX station is going by call areas.
It is more of a problem when a 9 is now in 4-land, or a 0 is
3-land; i.e. when propagation is probably not going to be
equal between the two call areas. Depending on whether the
DX is European/Africa or Pacific/Asia, the 0/3 is going to
be, respectively, stronger or weaker than the "real"
0-landers. Regardless, one should decide whether to be a 0
calling with other 0's or a /3 calling with other 3's, but
not both. On the other hand, as Phil pointed out, sometimes
you get slammed for doing the 0/3 and/or 0/0, so you just
can't win.
In the "good old days," you had to get a call representative
of the new call area if you moved (and start DXCC and WAS
all over again if the distance between old and new QTH's
exceeded a specific mileage). Too bad you can't legally
have more than one call (registered to you specifically; I'm
not talking about all those [often bogus] radio clubs,
etc.). That would, perhaps, solve the problem of signing /.
73,
Bob AA0CY/3
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:12 AM
To: Phil Florig
Cc: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [RTTY] ANARTS not requiring the / ?
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:19:57 -0400, Phil Florig
<W9IXX@arrl.net>
wrote:
>I have been mostly chasing DX and have been "up in the air"
about using
>the /4. I lets the person know that I am in 4 land but
that is about it.
>Most of the time for DX it doesn't matter to the DX
station. Problem is
>when the DX calls for the "4's" am I ok to jump in the
pile. HI....
>This has caused some problems as one DX station would not
work me because
>I jumped in with the /4 and he said I was a 9 and didn't
get in the log.
>When he got to the 9's he wouldn't respond to me.
(Selective hearing??? HI.)
_________________________________________________________
As you mentioned elsewhere in your post, DXing is a
different issue
from contesting. FWIW, I never use the /6 when DXing,
ragchewing or
anything but contesting. The FCC says my call sign is W7TI,
regardless of where I am in the US, and that's that.
I have been tempted to use the /6 when a DX station asks for
*sixes*,
but so far I've been able to restrain myself. :-)
73, Bill W7TI
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