On 7/26/2016 7:46 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
In every case except Canada, the US rules tell a visiting amateur to sign the <US_call_area>/<home_call_sign>. Thus in the last CWT, I worked W5/MM0LID. However Canadian hams are to sign their <home_call>/<US_call_area>. I have no idea why, but if I were operating in British Columbia, I'd be K6DGW/VE7.
The formats are specified by the respective international treaties. For Canadian amateurs the format is specified by the "Convention Between the United States and Canada (TIAS No. 2508) Relating to the Operation by Citizens of Either Country of Certain Radio Equipment or Stations in the Other Country" (§97.107 (a)(1)). For amateurs from countries covered by CEPT (§97.5 (d)) or IARP (§97.5 (e)) the format is specified by those conventions. As to why the two formats are different ... the Canada/US Convention preceded CEPT (Europe) and IARP (The Americas) by more than a decade ... the Europeans chose to do things their own way <G> and the majority of IARP decided to emulate Europe rather than the US/Canada. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
