HI Guys.
Itotally agree with John. The US messed up the call area situation
and should have left it
alone. I do see your point about changing calls when you change
areas, but there should
have been provision for that by just changing the number! We used
to know where a W6
was. Now he could be in NY, Fla, or ND.
73 de Roger, G3LDI
On 07/01/2013 12:50, John GW4SKA wrote:
Gary, Ken, you have said it all. The rules work for the rest of
the world ... it's the mess with calls in the US that is raising
this question.
Something more important is the difficulty in assessing
propagation when hearing US stations calling. It's nice to know
when a band is open to the West coast or one of the difficult
middle states. DX spots usually just give a call without a
specific location and the US callsigns are meaningless.
I don't see the BARTG rules changing ....
73,
John GW4SKA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013
A more appropriate question would be when will the FCC revise
their "archaic" bureaucratic polices that created this
unmitigated mess in the first place? What is the point in having
10 different calls areas if you can get any call number you want,
regardless of which geographic "call area" you reside in?
Actually, you don't even have to reside in any of the call areas,
just have a mailing address in one where you can receive FCC
mailings if they want to contact you. Of course, the question is
rhetorical. Without distinct call districts there would be no
need for duplicative FCC staff in all regions of the country
drawing top salary and retirement benefits from the public pay
trough.
Remember the BARTG Sprint is their contest, not ours. If you
don't like the "slash" rule either don't enter the contest or get
a call with a number that reflects where you live!
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Alexander"
<k.alexander@rogers.com>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: January 06, 2013 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG Sprint 2013
It's not archaic, it's logical.
Canada, Australia and the U.S. are large countries, so part of
the challenge of working all call districts means that you
managed to hit all corners of a country the size of Europe. As a
non-U.S. ham looking for multipliers I don't want to waste my
time calling a W6 only to find he's NOT from California. It's
annoying (actually, it's annoying the rest of the year too).
You work a VK4 and you know he's in Queensland; you work a JA8
and you know he's in Hokkaido; you work a VE1 and you know he's
in Nova Scotia. You work a W6 and he could be anywhere. In a
contest that's a waste of our time.
It baffles me why the FCC would let a ham move to a different
call district and keep their original call sign (I assume that's
what is happening. I hope that, for example, they aren't
issuing W7 calls to new hams who live in New York State).
Regardless, it's a bed that someone down there made and
unfortunately a few times a year you have to sleep in it.
I hope BARTG keeps the rules just the way they are.
73,
Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
On 2013-01-06 9:29 PM, Ed wrote:
On 01/06/2013 04:36 AM, Roger Cooke wrote:
Hi.
Full rules can be found on the BARTG web site here:
When will BARTG revamp their archaic rules for US call areas.
Ed W3NR
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