Ask yourself these questions:
Is the indicator Self-Assigned? (Well, if the FCC didn't give it to
you, it MUST be Self-Assigned.)
Is the prefix assigned to another country?
If you answer yes to both these questions, the it IS specifically stated
in the rules.
We wouldn't be having this discussion if "R" were assigned to a country
which neighbors the US. The use of /R is being rationalized as okay
because Russia is so distant that the use of /R couldn't be confused.
And, while that may be a semi-valid argument (anybody ever work Russia
on 10 meters?), it's still not right.
The horse is dead. Long live the horse.
73,
Mike
WM4B
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:17 AM , Bob M. wrote:
I would agree that "R" as a suffix could be used if an amateur was
operating in that country, much the same way a Russian ham would append
something like /W1 if he/she was operating in the United States 1st
callsign district. Do Russian callsigns also have a numerical district,
like they do in the US? If so, wouldn't you need /R1 if you were
operating there? If yes, that would make plain old /R legitimate for
repeaters.
However, it's probably not going to cause any confusion if a US amateur
repeater puts /R on the station ID. I'm sure there are plenty of
repeaters that have had issues with the FCC and if they had a problem
with all of us using /R they would have put it specifically in the rules
or given us a suffix they WANT us to use, if anything. Maybe we should
all change to /RPT, or is that some other country's prefix too?
Bob M.
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mwbese...@cox. net <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
From: mwbese...@cox. net <mailto:[email protected]> < mwbese...@cox.
net <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440 Repeater Project
To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com
<mailto:[email protected]>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 8:54 AM
"§97.119 Station identification.
(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."
/R is a self-assigned indicator and 'R' is assigned by ITU to Russia.
Mike
WM4B
P.S. There are a LOT of repeaters out there still signing /R.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM , Mike Pugh wrote:
Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote:
Actually, the /R is not ALLOWED by FCC rules any longer.
This is interesting, can you show us where in the rules this is?
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