>>> I'd spend a lot of time explaining that WA is not a California county, but >>>a state. <<<
When did they send back all those Californian who had moved into Washington (STATE) County??? :-D Miracles do happens! ;-) ((((73)))) Milverton. >________________________________ > From: Dick Dievendorff <[email protected]> >To: 'Ken G Kopp' <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 12:00 PM >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: "/XX" observations > > >Ken, you do what I do: Sign /7 when it's advantageous to do so. > >I'm a K6 living permanently (since 1997) in Washington State. I'm not >portable, I live here all the time. > >I rarely sign /7. To do so would take more time and is harder to get across >in marginal conditions than my normal call. I would expect a higher error >rate with a more involved call. > >I do use K6KR/7 in the California QSO party, because if I called CQ as K6KR, >I'd spend a lot of time explaining that WA is not a California county, but a >state. > >Similarly I sign /7 in the 7QP and Salmon Run contests, where I'm in the >target area. I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the IOTA contest, where I >will operate from the Washington State North group. > >If I borrow a friend's station in California for a contest, I'm not going to >use K6KR/6 or K6KR/7/6. I'll use K6KR (or a station or club call he >prefers). Because the FCC rules permit me to do so and because it's the >easiest and quickest for me and my colleagues in the contest. > >The FCC doesn't require that I sign /7, nor do most contest rules. The FCC >permits "self assigned designators" and no longer require "portable" >designators. If I visit Hawaii or Alaska, I'll be /KH6 or /KL7. > >I lived in England where my G3 prefix was based on chronology rather than >geography, so I'm not that used to having a number imply geography. It can >sometimes help, but not always. > >73 de Dick, K6KR > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp >Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:31 AM >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: [Elecraft] OT: "/XX" observations > >My situation is perhaps a bit "unique". As a contester I view calls in the >7th call area as a bit more "in demand" than some others. Being in Montana >(MT) adds a bit more to the "scarce" >mix. The same seems to be true in DX'ing. > >Since I have a "zero" call. I always sign "/7" in contests, but never in >day-to-day operation. The thinking is probably "oh, there's a "zero" ... >there are plenty of them and I'll get him later", but a "seven" is a "better >get him now, while I can". > >Factor into this that in a CW contest one would never send "Montana" as a >section identifier, but instead sends "_ _ __" >(MT) which is often heard as "MO" (long dash as CW shorthand for "O"), >placing me in an incorrect section (MO) in the other guy's log. > >But this can be an "advantage" when the DX is calling by call areas.... "de >/7K0PP" or "de K0PP/7". (:-)) > >Yes, it's the price I pay for not having a "seven" call for the last 35 >years, BUT with my last name would -you- change my call? (:-) BTW, there >are 50+ "Kopp" hams out there. > >73! > >Ken Kopp - K0PP >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
