mwbese...@cox.net wrote:
> 'R' is assigned by ITU to European and Asiatic Russia.
>
> Mike
> WM4B
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:28 AM , Bob M. wrote:
>
>
>> USC 47 part 97 (FCC amateur service) rule 97.119(c) quoted below:
>>
>> " (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."
>>
>> Seems to me that "/R" is allowed, unless the "R" is not an
>> FCC-specified indicator.
>>
>> I couldn't find a list of acceptable indicators in Part 97, which was
>> surprising.
>>
>> Bob M.
>> ======
>> --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Mike Besemer (WM4B) <mwbese...@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> From: Mike Besemer (WM4B) <mwbese...@cox.net>
>> Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] 440 Repeater Project
>> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 5:55 AM
>>
>> Actually, the /R is not ALLOWED by FCC rules any longer.
>>
>> Mike
>> WM4B
>>
>> From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Plack
>> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 2:20 AM
>> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 440 Repeater Project
>>
>> Dean, you have one: KJ4LII/R.
>>
>> Discreet repeater callsigns have been gone for decades. The repeater's
>> callsign these days is typically the owner, another individual
>> designated by the owner as the licensee, or in some cases a club
>> callsign.
>>
>> Controllers are often programmed to appends "/R" to the end of the
>> callsign, but even that is not required any more.
>>
>
>
>
I can see both sides of this, however, I think that I'll just keep on
using the /R till I get a ticket for it. I can't imagine that any FCC
official that hears my repeaters in Ky could imagine that the signal was
coming from Russia.. Mike
