"ยง97.119 Station identification.
(c) One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each
indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or
by any suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If an indicator is
self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and
after, the call sign. No self-assigned indicator may conflict with any
other indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any prefix assigned
to another country."
/R is a self-assigned indicator and 'R' is assigned by ITU to Russia.
Mike
WM4B
P.S. There are a LOT of repeaters out there still signing /R.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:52 AM , Mike Pugh wrote:
Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote:
Actually, the /R is not ALLOWED by FCC rules any longer.
This is interesting, can you show us where in the rules this is?
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