Guys - this QRP thread needs to die. Thanks.
Tree On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Mike & Coreen Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > A very very few times, I have used /QRP,. but 99.9% of the time I don't- > it's not me... > > I worked VK0IR on 20m SSB in the middle of the night using a couple watts. > The op stopped, worked me, and we chatted for probably a good minute or two. > He was quite surprised. No idea who the op was, but I am sure he'd remember, > even to this day. I had already worked them days earlier, as plain jane > "VE9AA", so I didn't want to appear in their log as a dupe. This was a > super rare thing to hear my part of the work in the middle of the night on > 20m with 59 signals....the rest of 20m was stone cold dead....(Es link to F2 > I think) so he made a point to find out what was up. He had been only > working a very few EU's @ the time. > > If I thought my signal was super weak and the station was asking me for > repeats, I am smart enough to drop the /QRP like a hot potato and move > forward with my basic callsign. It goes both ways. A little intuitiveness > goes a long way. (AKA common sense) > > HOWEVER, I don't get all worked up about others signing it to me. It's > perfectly fine. Sometimes, if things are slow, I'll say "NICE SIG /QRP OM" > or whatever, if it truly is a nice signal. Maybe that QRP guy wants to know > how well he's being heard. In SSB contests (only if things are slow...) I > might ask the guy what he's running for an antenna....he's not working > strings of UA0's, so he'll likely stop and tell you. Relax people. Let > them sign what they want to sign. > > I do a lot of HF mobile and I have to sign /M.......that's what we are told > to do here. (nobody thinks I am in the UK, that's just plain silly) > > 73 de Mike VE9AA/M > > Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith > 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge > NB > Canada > E6L 1T1 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jan Erik Holm > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: Topband: QRP Question > > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.454 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/4077 - Release Date: 12/12/11 > 19:55:00 > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
