No, it is not illegal or non-compliant in the USand never has been.
47CFR97 permits *any* self-assigned indicator(s)beforeor after the call
sign, or both, *except* an indicator that duplicates an FCC assigned
indicator [AG, AA, AE, KT], or any indicator that duplicates an
ITU-assigned prefix. Indicators are *not* confined to islands or
locations, they can mean anything you want. There can be more than one
before and/or after:
QRP/QSX7027R5/K6DGW/6OVER6OVER6STACK ... I'm running less than 5 W,
listening on 7027.5and I'm using a 6over 6 over 6 yagi stack is
compliant ... incredibly stupid and foolish, but compliant.
Common non-compliant indicators are:
/M - I'm a mobile. All the M's belong to the UK
/R - I'm a repeater. All the R's belong to Russia
/PM - I'm a pedestrian and I'm on the air. PM belongs to Indonesia
/MM - I'm afloat. See /M
/AM _ I'm aloft. AM-AO belong to Spain
Possibly compliant:
/P - I'm portable. The P's are split and all ITU "P" prefixes have more
than one letter/digit.
Compliant:
/Q<anything> - There are no prefixes beginning with Q, that sequence is
reserved for the International Q-signals, of which QRP is one.
The custom is to log mobiles in State/Province QSO parties as /<county
abbrev>to permit working a mobile in different counties on the same
band. The FCC doesn't care how you log a station. The mobile can be
compliant simply by not making the county abbreviation an "indicator"
[i.e. no "/"]
Last time I checked, no one has ever gone to jail or paid a fine for
violations to this regulation. One question that has always nagged at me:
If a station running 5 W or less needs to send /QRP, whyshouldn't
everyone running over 5 W [or some arbitrary power] send /QRO? This
thread will end, probably soon, but it will also recur... it always does.
73,
Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn
On 7/27/2017 5:16 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
Don't forget, signing WX1XXX/QRP is ILLEGAL. You are NOT operating portable
on the isle or QRP.
Chas
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