[Fists] (no subject) (self-assigned indicators)

[hank k8dd]

In many countries, especially CEPT countries, you must identify
 with that countries prefix / your call.  For example- MD/K8DD
 In the Bahamas my license specified   K8DD/C6A.
 In Colombia we were told we could use HK1/ call  or   call /HK1.
 It's not uniform throughout the world!

 It's common practice here for mobiles on CW to use /M or /M#
 for the call area.  But /M and /M# is also the prefix for the UK,
 even though the CEPT documents say to put the prefix first.

The rules do say:  "No self-assigned indicator may conflict with
any other indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any
prefix assigned to another country."

M/  or   /M is the prefix for the UK.
/P - that's what they use in Europe do designate portable.
/QRP - I don't see any conflict with any other countries prefix.
/P and /Q, /QR, /QRP do not refer to any country prefixes.  M is
one of the few that you can use without a number and have it
refer to operating in the UK.
But, as the saying goes - IANAL!

73    Hank    K8DD

On 5/30/07, Eric Fairbank <fairbank56 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> "The cited UK practice of
> using M in the prefix for mobile is new to me"
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>   I think you read it wrong. If you are operating in
> the UK but are not from there, you must use the m
> prefix before your own callsign. It doesn't mean your
> mobile.
>
> Eric N3EF
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