[Elecraft] 20 meter CW

KQ8M kq8m at kq8m.com
Wed Jul 3 12:15:21 EDT 2013 

Wow isn't the word for it


73,
Tim Herrick, KQ8M
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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard Fjeld
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:32 AM
To: N3XX; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 20 meter CW

Wow.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: N3XX 
  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:21 AM
  Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 20 meter CW


  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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