Yes really. FCC does not rule the world and in this case FCC is wrong. Country designator is put before the callsign. This changed way back in the 1970´ties
Not to confuse things if I go to England and work mobile I could sign G3/SM2EKM/m or M3/SM2EKM/m, plain and simple and not confusing. Not to waist any more BW I will now QSY to a different QRG. /Jim SM2EKM ------------ On 2011-12-13 06:32, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > Really? > > FCC rules: > > (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.* > > *M England (M3xxx and M6xxx - Foundation Class Licence, > All others - Full Licence Grade) > 14 27* > > > > As I said nobody enforces this. Your licensing may be different. > > Mike W0MU > > W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net > > > On 12/12/2011 10:21 PM, Jan Erik Holm wrote: >> This is so wrong. Please please stop spreading this wrong stuff. >> >> It is a mobile designator and NO nothing else. >> >> /Jim SM2EKM >> ----------------- >> On 2011-12-12 18:21, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: >>> Legally signing /M is only legal if you are in England or one of the >>> countries that uses the M prefix. It is readily accepted as Mobile but >>> is not a legal designator. I am not sure that most of the ones you >>> listed are legal IARU or ITU call designators. This could vary from >>> country to country. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mike W0MU >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
