[Elecraft] OT: US call areas

[Carl Clawson]

Other problems:

It would violate FCC rules (97.119c) stating that appended call modifiers
must not be in conflict with any call sign prefixes assigned to other
countries.

And if you did conflict with another country's prefix, what would that mean?
WS7L/OK is normally taken to mean that I'm operating from the Czech
Republic, not Oklahoma.

The old practice of signing with your current call district as in K0ABC/7 is
is still often used. My knowledge of international call signe assignments is
not sufficient for me to assure you beyond doubt that it complies with the
letter of the law (groan!) but in practice I don't think they'll be busting
anyone for it.

73, Carl WS7L 

-----Original Message-----
> It is a shame that although the practice of  issuing callsigns by the call
area has
> gone by the wayside, that the practice of  adding the state after the call
does not
> become standard practice such as KB7MBI  / WA. But since contesting now
rules the
> bands this would never fly...computers  would not recognize the these
calls.