[PVRCNC] [PVRC] Portable Contest Operation Questions

[Alan Knight]

Henry,

For ARRL contests all operators must operate and reside within the club
circle, except for ARRL DX where DXpeditions outside the US are allowed.
FYI, we have two circles for ARRL contests (HF and VHF).  Atlantic Beach is
well outside the VHF circle, but just barely outside the HF circle.

http://www.pvrc.org/pvrc_circle/PVRC_Circle.htm

For most CQ contests the operator just needs to reside within the circle.
However, Atlantic Beach is well inside the 250 mile CQ circle.

The CQ 160 contests as well as the NA QSO Parties, WAE and Russian DX do
not have circle restrictions and are open to members worldwide.

73,
Alan - AA4FU


On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:45 PM Mike Barts via PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> Henry,
> The 175 mile circle applies to ARRL contests only. The CQ contest circle
> is 250 miles. There are many contests with no circles, i.e. NAQP. Check the
> 5M Rules (http://www.pvrc.org/5M/5milrules.pdf) to see the circle
> requirements for each contest.
>
> As far as ID, there's no legal requirement to append portable or anything
> else. Since you're still in NC, the only people who would likely be
> interested in the fact that you are not at your home QTH would be county
> hunters (you'll be in a rarer county than common Wake).
>
> N3QE can weigh in on club affiliation identification, but I know that for
> ARRL contests, he has to submit a list of eligible stations for each
> contest, i.e. who are in circle, so if you identify as PVRC but not on the
> list, your score won't be counted by the contest sponsor. I'm not sure
> about the CQ and other contests.
>
> The question of club is mostly personal. If you want to separate the QSL
> requests or for awards, a club call might make sense.
>
> I look forward to hearing you on more often.
>
> 73, Mike N4GU
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 11:35 AM Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Seeking Sage advice...
>>
>> I am planning to operate future contest efforts from my son’s Atlantic
>> Beach, NC home, 137 miles from my licensed address in Cary, NC.  The site
>> is on an ancient sand dune at 20 ft above sea level.  Sadly, this is
>> outside the PVRC 175-mile circle.  For now, these will not be considered a
>> ‘remote’ activity.  I and the radio/antenna equipment will all be at the
>> beach location.  The first effort I am planning is the CQWW 160 SSB next
>> weekend.  The rules do not address portable activities.
>>
>> My first question - how should I identify myself during these
>> activities?  Assume
>> that these will be phone operations only.  Should I always identify with
>> “K4TMC Portable”, or is just using “K4TMC” OK?  Or, just do periodic
>> “portable” announcements?
>>
>> Next question – how should I identify my affiliation with PVRC when
>> submitting contest logs?  I don’t want to create a situation where my
>> outside-the-circle points get counted improperly.
>>
>> Last question – should I get a separate call (club?) for the beach
>> location
>> and always use that call when there?
>>
>> 73 & High Rates,
>>
>> Henry Pollock - K4TMC
>>
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