At 13:23 3/24/2002 -0800, Bob Patten wrote:
>Now, how about all the mobiles that sign "/M"? Isn't that
>a prefix assigned to England and thus illegal?
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No, it isn't illegal".
"M" might mean have more than one interpretation, based upon historical
context.
I have wondered about this, as well.
Sort of like an "N" .. is it a 9 or an "N" ??
It may get logged wrong, and scored wrong by the computer that is on
control of what should be operator controlled, but it is not illegal.
M/N5RP
N5RP/M
N5RP/QRP
N5RP/ VW Mobile
KP2/N5RP
N5RP/W9
N5RP/VE8
VE8/N5RP
N5RP/special event pod racer ............... All are legal.
Problem might be...........
Hmmm. ??
Dunno................ Maybe it just does not fit the computer program.
Communications interpretation being controlled by the software instead of
the operator.
Just more flavor to be added to operator controlled contest communication
interchange, unless we all want perfect Hz, perfect speed, perfect DSP
reception and logging.
Bob Perring
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Amateur Radio Station N5RP
mailto:N5RP@pdq.net
N5RP Station Page: http://freeweb.pdq.net/perring/station.html
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