ITU Radio regulation Article 19 requires that a legal call sign in the amateur service be formed with a numeral after the national identifier so there has to be one somewhere in the formulation.
However, my problem with Jim's original post was his statement that somehow this "non-problem" was caused by "ARRL rules", although he did not state exactly what rule he was talking about. Larry W4RA > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Handscombe [mailto:fre...@homeshack.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:42 PM > To: Jim WA9YSD; DXBASE > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] FW: Re: M/callsign - What's With This? > > Jim > > In which case the logging programmes are WRONG! > > /M has NEVER ever been a legal suffix to indicate a station is in > England > > M/ is legally required PREFIX (and only prefix) for vistors to England > operating under CEPT > > England, and other countries of the UK , have never had "call areas" so > a > numeral, however desirable for the logging programmes shortcomings is > not > required, is not legal to use either! > > This really is a fuss about nothing > > 1 - the OPERATOR should be in charge of his staion not the computer > > 2 - there were 2 stations using M/ calls I saw spotted over the > weekend. It > takes less than 30 seconds using DXBase to add these as full callsign > maps. > > One of those is really operating illegally as the use of M/ is intended > to > be a short term visitor (maybe CEPT says 1 month?) and he has lived in > England for a number of years. Maybe he really does go home each month > a > reset the clock? > > 73 Fred > G4BWP > > The M/ or /M for the most part most logging programs consider this to > be > England "G". > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Dxbase@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 5/31/2011 Tested on: 5/31/2011 4:05:20 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dxbase@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
