During the first part of my graduate school years in
the U.S. (Nashville, TN), I was granted a reciprocal
license from FCC as W4/TF3KX - not the other way
around. The Icelandic licensing authorities grant
foreign operators here licensing in the same way, e.g.
TF/W1ABC. In these two cases the ham has no choice,
the government authorities stipulate the call and
anything else is strictly illegal. I would think
the same applies to other places.
Now, some years ago the portable calls were the other way
around and then I would have signed TF3KX/W4. Personally, I
like that better and think this is more logical and in
line with other "portable" designations, such as
TF3KX/P, TF3KX/MM, etc.
But - these decisions are made by the bureaucrats
who run government, not the kind who run the QSL bureaus.
73 - Kristinn, TF3KX, W4/TF3KX, AB4ST
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