The thing is that FCC rules apply only to the USA, not the rest of the
world.
73 Mike, VK4DX
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Larry N7DF wrote:
> I read the World Above 50 MHz column by W3EP in September QST with
> great interest.
>
> The practice of so many stations of not sending their call with each
> contact has been a
sore point with me for some time.
>
> One thing he missed in his write-up is that sending your call with
> each contact is
actually an FCC requirement.
>
> §97.119 Station identification. (a) Each amateur station, except a
> space station or telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call
> sign on its transmitting channel at the end of each communication,
> and at least every ten minutes during a communication, for the
> purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the
> station known to those receiving the transmissions. No station may
> transmit unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the
> station call sign, any call sign not authorized to the station.
>
> If the contest sponsors were to do their job correctly, they would
> include this requirement in the contest rules and disqualify any
> station that violated it. Likewise, DXpeditions should be
> disqualified from accreditation for violation of the requirement.
>
> What I would like to see is a special group of Official Observers (or
> their equivalent) who would monitor contest operations and
> DXpeditions for violation of this FCC regulation. If several such
> observers simultaneously reported repeated violations then the
> station should be disqualified.
>
>
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