Re: [Elecraft] US call areas

2007-11-28 Thread G4ILO
Bob Nielsen-2 wrote: Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia itself also use the R without a second alpha character. Yes, I worked a lot of those last weekend. The normal convention for

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2007-11-28 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We're drifting a little afield on this thread. Let's let it rest for now. 73,Eric Elecraft List Moderator Bob Nielsen wrote: Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia itself also use the R without a

Re: [Elecraft] US call areas

2007-11-27 Thread Phil Kane
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:11:18 -0800, Fred Jensen wrote: So all VHF/UHF repeaters that identify W6XXX/R, and there are a lot of them, are in violation of the rule since RAA-RZZ is assigned to Russia? This has been kicking around for quite a while. At one time FCC Rules required adding /R or

Re: [Elecraft] US call areas

2007-11-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
Actually Russian Antarctic stations us a R1 prefix, as do Franz Josef Land and Malyj Vysotskij. I think some contest stations in Russia itself also use the R without a second alpha character. I doubt that anyone would mistake a /M mobile station as being in the UK or a /B beacon in China.

[Elecraft] US call areas

2007-11-26 Thread Fred Jensen
Phil Kane wrote: What is prohibited is adding a / followed by a combination of letters or numbers representing the prefix of a foreign country's ham licenses if the ham is in US territory. So all VHF/UHF repeaters that identify W6XXX/R, and there are a lot of them, are in violation