[GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)

[Ralph Mowery]

Not wanting to get into a big rules discussion, but things have changed.  As 
there has not been any FCC requirement (I am leaving out other countries 
from this) to use the M as mobile, it can not be used now  because of some 
other rule changes.  Same with a R for repeater.

If anyone wants to try and make sense out of the rule changes look here:

http://w3beinformed.org/id45.html

I agree with Jeff, something similar to what he said would work beter.

de KU4PT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jdangus at att.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] 2016 RTTY Round Up Finished - Phew! (2nd Try)


> On 1/4/2016 10:49 PM, ken Schwieker wrote:
>> Would it be legit to add a /M or some other better mechanical tty
>> designation at the tail end of one's call?  Maybe a contest with
>> additional points for /M contacts.
> In a word, no. Using WA6FWI/M signifies mobile operation, and /MM
> would be maritime mobile.
> Generally, "/anything" after a call sign is a modification to the call 
> sign.
> More examples:
> WA6FWI/R as a repeater ID.
> WA6FWI/5 "I'm in the 5 call sign area"
> WA6FWI/DL7 "I'm in Germany"
> And so forth.
>
> The general convention is that any specific qualifiers, ie, DX, QRP,
> QCWA, Contest, Field Day etc, are placed between CQ and DE.
>
> A better, and more obvious choice would then be, for example:
> CQ CQ CQ MECHANICAL TTY DE WA6FWI
>
>
>