On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 13:36 -0400, Dan Barker wrote: > My very first Field Day was using the call AA4U for the CW tent. (Omni C, > upside down Bencher for the southpaw, etc.). Interesting. I wonder what else > in a call makes it MARS vs Southeast Amateur Extra?
Actually, I think the ARMY MARS callsign prefix is AAR then a number and then a suffix. So, chances are no one mistook your field day operation for a mil station. Especially not with the upside down bencher! Regarding Thoms earlier question, most military comm planners *assume* your equipment can operate on any frequency between 1.6 (maybe 2.0) and 30 MHz. The equipment they are familiar with does exactly that. They don't think in terms of bands of frequencies but, rather, a multitude of discrete channels within the HF spectrum. Many of them are probably not even aware there is equipment that isn't completely frequency agile. 73, -Doug, W7KF _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
