[ILQSO] Signing Portable in SSB

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- dmcvin2447-contest at yahoo.com wrote:

> AA9DY... 
> ...portable   ?
> ...strobe portable   ?
> ...slash portable   ?
> ...<other> ?

The slash is short for "portable" and vice-versa.  So it's redundant to say:

    ...strobe portable
    ...slash portable

This does become an issue, however, when Logbook of the World is looking for a
callsign match.

You could say "AA9DY portable 9" which most folks would log as AA9DY/9

73 - Jim AD1C


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