On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 06:57:56PM -0400, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote: > At 11:21 -0700 05/10/03, John and Mari Minke wrote: > >Art RX9TX wrote: > >> > >> HI9/K8WK, definitely. I think it is one of IARU recommendations. > >> Europeans and JA's always use only that method. > > > >Actually, I think it would be what the license says. U.S. stations > >operating in Canada use their call appended by the proper Camadian > >prefix and vice versa per agreement between both countries. In other > >words if I operated from the Yukon it would be N6JM/VY1, not VY1/N6JM. > > > >This whole problem was created by the computer age of logging where the > >program could not recognize calls appended as such. Hopefully this new > >system can recognize the calls appended either way. In the latter case, > >if I were to operate from Siberia it definitely would be RX9/N6JM. > > I went through this three years ago preparing for a mini-DXpedition > to Labrador, whether to sign as K2FRD/VO2 or VO2/K2FRD. True, with > the US as a signatory with various IARU and ITU treaties, the > portable locator should go before the home callsign (e.g. VO2/K2FRD), > but a reciprocal agreement between the US and Canada nominally has it > after (e.g. K2FRD/VO2) in apparent contravention to the various IARU > and ITU treaties. Since Canada's RICs aren't particularly clear on > the issue and the FCC Rules leave room for interpretation, I chose > VO2/K2FRD since it is the "industry standard" of ham radio and for > the above electronic logging reason. In truth, probably neither > government is going to invest a lot of time obsessing with which way > a portable station signs as long as the information is present and > correct.
The RAC web site <http://www.rac.ca/rcip.htm> says essentially the same thing. At the time the US/Canada agreement was made, having it after the callsign was the accepted practice. Bob, N7XY Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
