I made 450 contacts (including the dupes) and count 19 USA stations
operating in a different call area than their calls, and did not sign /x for
the call area they were operating in. You're right, I checked the JARTS
rules and it doesn't say anything in there about signing your call that way
(unlike other contests). However, how many of those people do you think
read the rules before the contest (or even after the contest). I've seen a
number of contests that require this, and there are still people not signing
portable anything.
It's not a pain for LOTW to take care of this. All the person has to do is
to request a new cert with the /x in it. I have three certs currently
outstanding for my call, N7BF, N7BF/7 and N7BF/M, and I can use whichever
one is required by the contact I made. (I haven't used the /7 or /M in a
while, but still keep them active, renewing them as necessary.)
Alan - N7BF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Goeppinger" <timgep@hotmail.com>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:51 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Suggestion for JARTS 2008
I would like to make a suggestion to JARTS for their contest next year.
Somewhere in
their rules, they need to say that if you are operating from Japan, US,
Canada or Australia, and
are operating outside your call area, that you must sign portable for your
call area. This
is because each call area in JA, W, VE and VK count as multipliers.
There were many who did this, like K7RE/0 and NA4M/5, but I know of at least
a half
dozen out of call area stations in the US that did not sign portable.
I understand it is a pain for LOTW to do this, but it makes a fairer and
better contest for us all.
73,
Tim K6GEP
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