n...@no6b.com wrote: > At 5/4/2009 05:54, you wrote: > > >> >> "§97.119 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. > > Not sure if a simple "R" would be a sufficient prefix. When I operate in > Canada I sign "NO6B/VE3" (in Ontario), not "NO6B/VE" even though Canada has > all of the VE prefixes IIRC. Americans in Baja ID "/XE2", not "/XE".
Right. The suffix for Russia has always been /RU in CW, since that was always the primary prefix for the country. And in voice you would say 'portable RU.'
