At 5/4/2009 05:54, you wrote:
> > >"§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. Not sure if a simple "R" would be a sufficient prefix. When I operate in Canada I sign "NO6B/VE3" (in Ontario), not "NO6B/VE" even though Canada has all of the VE prefixes IIRC. Americans in Baja ID "/XE2", not "/XE". At any rate, I doubt anyone thinks that my repeater that IDs with "/R" is located in Russia. Personally I wish the FCC never did away with that rule, as IMO it helps to ID the type of service that transmitter is in: repeater, auxiliary (/A), or other (no indicator). So I continue to encourage its use on all repeaters & auxiliary stations except in cases when a special club callsign has been obtained specifically for the repeater/aux. station, i.e. KE6TZF: Sunset Ridge Repeater Group, WR6JPL: JPL ARC. Bob NO6B
