Well, how 'bout a short history lesson?
Back around '76 or '77, the rules for repeaters changed drastically.
Prior to that, repeaters required a separate repeater license, which
required a vey lengthy application. The last few years of that repeaters
were issued WR callsigns, before that they were either the trustees call
or a club call. Then when it all changed, any ham with a tech or above
could put up a repeater at any time with no special license, just the
requirement that it ID with either /R or /RPT in morse, or the word
'repeater' in voice. Auxiliary links had to use /A or /AUX, or the word
'auxiliary'.
This rule is a carry over from that, to allow the use of those suffixes
if desired.
--
Jim Barbour
WD8CHL
Matt wrote:
> Here is a good one.
>
> I know Kevin doesnt like FCC legal battles, but I felt this was worth
> a
> quick laugh, Anyway...
>
> According to 97.119(c)
>
> "One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each
> indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/)
> or
> by any suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If an indicator is
> self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and
> after, the call sign. No self-assigned indicator may conflict with
> any
> other indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any prefix
> assigned
> to another country."
>
> But here is the kicker, no where in the rules does it say what the
> official indicators are. except a blurb about /KT, /AG, and /AE if
> you
> are waiting for a new callsign and just passed the exam for the next
> class.
>
> I know we use /R for a repeater and /A for an auxiliary station but
> what
> are the rest?
>
> It's pretty sad when not even the FCC's employees can give you a solid
> interpretation of the rules. After spending 30 minutes on the phone
> with a FCC operator she could not give me a solid answer either. She
> gave me a reference to 54 FR 25857 but after searching for hours that
> is just the entry in the federal registar where the changes are made
> to
> the FCC rules.
>
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