[ILQSO] Portable Operation

[John Sundstrom]

 Jim:  I know that the mobile ID was in use as of summer of 1968.  I remember the qso because a guest operator didn't sign /0.  There was a tornado active in the area.  lightning crashes were twenty over nine on 75 meters.  I called W0AA (St. Paul Wireless Association) and the answer was WA0LIS/0 this is ZL1AR.  I was taking radio equipment to the Outing tornado area for Civil Defence about 120 miles north of St. Paul.   
    On Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 09:18:07 PM CST, n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 You are absolutely correct.  I was referring to when calling CQ or absent a pileup.  

Or you can call CQ at 45 wpm and I know it's you!!  😊

73, Jim N9JF

-----Original Message-----
From: ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jim Stahl K8MR via ILQSO
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2022 9:16 PM
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Portable Operation

If you're running a pileup as a mobile, there's no need to add "/CTY" with every ID. The people waiting in the pileup know what county you're in. Just "TU K8MR" is fine.
If calling CQ, or if only one person called for the previous QSO, then "TU K8MR/CTY" is in order.
I'll be happy to demonstrate in the Florida QSO Party in April  :-)


73  -  Jim  K8MR  

Usually mobile in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida QSO Parties.



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Johnson <mike at palomonet.com>
To: Illinois QSO Party <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Dec 10, 2022 11:31 am
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Portable Operation

Some QSO Parties specify how they want the mobiles/portables to ID.  Most don't.  We run mobile in the ILQP and the WIQP and neither have a rule.
Running mobile, we manage about 20 minutes per county so we are switching fairly frequently.  We also work repeat stations quite a bit.  As such it has been our practice to ID as CALLSIGN/COUNTY  (i.e. KA9FZR / LAKE).  I should clarify that as a mobile we are operating exclusively CW.

This works pretty well for us.  The skimmers also pickup on it so it helps to sort out the DUPE status for the logging software most folks are using.

MJ, WO9B


On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 10:22 AM Carl Buehler <cbuehlercbuehler at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Would like clarification looking ahead to next year.
>
> What is the preferred way of station i.d. while portable? It seemed to 
> me that I should use k9za/9 for operating and logging.  Apparently 
> most others simply use their call sign without the /9 suffix.
>
> Thanks for help.
> -Carl, k9za

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