[Elecraft] US call areas [END of Thread]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

We're drifting a little afield on this thread. Let's let it rest for now.

73,Eric
Elecraft List Moderator

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef 
> Land and Malyj Vysotskij.  I think some contest stations in Russia 
> itself also use the R without a second alpha character.
>
> I doubt that anyone would mistake a /M mobile station as being in the 
> UK or a /B beacon in China.
>
> The normal convention for operation in another country has that 
> country's prefix preceding rather than following the station's call 
> sign, although that isn't followed 100 percent.
>
> 73, Bob N7XY
>
>
> On Nov 27, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:11:18 -0800, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>
>>> So all VHF/UHF repeaters that identify "W6XXX/R," and there are
>>> a lot of them, are in violation of the rule since "RAA-RZZ" is
>>> assigned to Russia?
>>
>>   This has been kicking around for quite a while.  At one time
>>   FCC Rules required adding "/R" or "/RPT" to a repeater call
>>   after it stopped issuing "WR" for repeater stations.  The
>>   "out"is that "R" alone is not the way that Russia assigns call
>>   signs - they use "R" followed by an alpha.  It's a "don't ask,
>>   don't tell" situation.  I do advise my ham clients to use
>>   "/RPT" to be safe.
>>
>> -- 
>>    73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
>>    Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>>
>>
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