In the US, the indicator "/MM", while not compliant with the rules [UK owns all the M's, including the MM's] is taken to mean Maritime Mobile also. It is also taken to me afloat in International waters.
Our rules are pretty much out of date. Except for a US ham operating reciprocally in Canada, the convention is to precede your call sign with the primary prefix of the country you're in separated from the call with a slash. Well ... except in the UK, where the primary prefix is G with several other letters such as GW for Wales, but the CEPT rules say prefix with M.
I wonder how Pete got the Lao/Thai characters into an email? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016 - www.cqp.org On 9/10/2016 4:08 PM, John wrote:
Interesting, Pete... These days the '/MM' suffix is designated as 'Maritime Mobile', certainly in the UK... I wonder whether the same confusion occurred in the US that we could expect if we signed as that over here? John (XLX) -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Barth Sent: 10 September 2016 20:43 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Subject: Re: [OT] Mobile/Portable/ gray zone In my younger days when operating CW with paddle on handlebar, from my BMW cycle with IC706 and screwdriver ant,/ and cruse control I signed W6LAW/MM. (I wanted to put my K2 under the windshield but never did it.) -- Pete / พีท / W6LAW
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