[Dx-qsl] Fw: CY0 call signs

[Tom Wylie]

I note in the Canadian Document the prefixes CY0 and CY9 are not 
mentioned neither are their locations.

Tom
GM4FDM

On 09/03/2011 22:50, Patrick STODDARD wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Regarding CY0/ vs. /CY0 by the current expedition, for US hams
> it is supposed to be callsign/CY0 per the 1952 treaty between
> Canada and the USA:
>
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/1952-7E.PDF/$FILE/1952-7E.PDF
>
> which is also referenced in the RBR-4 document from Industry Canada
> (the radio regulator up there), "Standards for the Operation of Radio
> Stations in the Amateur Radio Service":
>
> http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/rbr4e.pdf/$FILE/rbr4e.pdf
>
> Foreign hams are allowed to write the Canadian licensing exams
> in front of a volunteer examiner (only one is required, compared
> to 3 in the US) and get a normal callsign based on the station
> address listed on the application.  I wrote my exams in Vancouver
> in 2002, use a station address in a Vancouver suburb for my call,
> but have had a separate mailing address (my PO box in Arizona) on
> file with Industry Canada.  The station address is what gets
> published in the callsign database at http://www.callsign.ca/ and
> QRZ.com also periodically downloads this information for its database.
>
> More information on Canadian amateur licensing is available from
> Industry Canada at:
>
> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/radioamateur.e
>
> I prefer the indicator before the home call, as is the case in
> most of the world now, and many expect that even if you are
> identifying in some other way.  But, of course, log what you hear,
> especially for use with systems like LOTW.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
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