[Elecraft] 20 meter CW

[N3XX]

Hi all,

It is very simple to check the callsign on qrz.com and see the qth.

I have a "3" callsign, and live in the 4th call area.  All my contacts are 
uploaded to LOTW as N3XX.  If I were to work you as N3XX/4 then upload as 
N3XX, you won't get a qsl match on LOTW if you upload my callsign as N3XX/4. 
I know I could add the callsign N3XX/4 to LOTW, but would you really want to 
do have to upload your contacts as callsign/number?  If I were to upload as 
N3XX/4, and others upload only my callsign, N3XX, no qsl match.

If I send /4 after my callsign, where am I?  Am I at home, or actually 
operating portable from another qth.

If I send /4, then qsl cards start arriving for N3XX/4.  That's not my 
callsign.  When I receive a card, I want it to have my callsign on it 
without the /4.

What about trying to get through a pileup with a portable callsign, or which 
group to call with if the DX station is going by the numbers?

I know it might be convenient for some, but to me, sending /# after the 
callsign causes a lot of problems for people with callsigns in a different 
call area than the number indicates.

Sorry, but I will never send my callsign as N3XX/4.  I don't see a good 
reason for it, and feel that it would only create more confusion.

73,
Tim - N3XX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fjeld" <rpfjeld at embarqmail.com>
To: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 20 meter CW


>I wish others who have moved out of their call sign area would sign witn a 
>slash/area.
>
> Many times I have spun the beam a 180 around to answer a call sign from 
> that area only to find out he was in the area I was first aiming to.  It 
> takes a long time.  Now, if I had a SteppIr........
>
> Dick, n0ce
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ron D'Eau Claire
>  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 6:35 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 20 meter CW
>
>
>  Rather superfluous now that the call sign no longer identifies the FCC
>  engineering district of the home station.
>
>  That was one of the all-time bad moves by the FCC, IMHO, but it was 
> popular
>  among Hams who moved out of the district but couldn't bear to give up 
> their
>  call sign.
>
>  73, Ron AC7AC (ex, W6QAS, ex AC6Y, both random call assignments by the 
> FCC.
>  I put my call where my mouth was when I moved to Oregon and let the FCC
>  computer assign me a random 7 area call and got AC7AC.  It's longer but 
> it's
>  a neat call.)
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>  [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Frantz
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 3:56 PM
>  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 20 meter CW
>
>  When I am in New Hampshire I sign AE6JV/1 on PSK although it isn't 
> required.
>
>  Cheers - Bill, AE6JV/1
>
>  On 7/2/13 at 3:09 PM, ke6gda at gmail.com (Stephen Selberg) wrote:
>
>  > Christian. The weird suffix is because I'm at the in-laws house in 
> Nevada.
>  > My home QTH is in california. I was off the air until for some years
>  > up until April 2012. Are people still using /call area when out of
>  > their home call area?
>
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