Call Sign out of area

[NC5P]

People here in Colorado get a little miffed at me because I don't. I just never have, even though I've lived a number of years in different call districts. I operate mainly 2m and 432 SSB so of course they hear my call and assume I'm down south. They are quite disappointed to hear I'm in DN70.

[KC0W]

There has been an unknown guy posting on the DX Clusters for the last two months or so commenting about when people sign stroke portable (/P) at the end of their call sign.............It's obviously a practice he REALLY doesn't agree with, to put it mildly.

I would cut 'n paste some of his "comments" here but I don't think the moderators would find it very amusing.



Tom KCØW

[N0AZZ]

I'm with those who say sign /0 QRP Sturgis SD

[G8ADD]

Even though I am a Zero, I sign '/0' quite often when mobile. A lot of people think that '/M' for mobile is improper, because 'M' is a prefix used in Great Britain, and our rule says that you can use any designator you want to, as long as it doesn't conflict with the prefixes for foreign countries. But, if you were actually in England, you would be expected to use "G#/yourUSCall/M if you were mobile! So, I've just started using '/0' for 'mobile zero' - less hassle. If I work a European, they understand '/M'. But on phone, just giving the state is probably a good idea.

Holler if go past us here in Minnesota on I-90.

If you visited us over here you would be expected to sign M/K0RGR, and if you operated mobile it would be M/K0RGR/M!

73

Brian GO8ADD

[KF5FEI]

I think it's good practice if you aren't where your callsign lookup says you are. I once got excited about working a Russian station until he said he was /MM in the Caribbean. Just don't get carried away, i.e. K5xxx /0 /P /QRP

[W6GQ]

Operating 14.210 now 9:19 pm mst

[K2NCC]

I'm going to be operating remotely tomorrow (Friday-Monday) from out-of-State. I guess, since the transmitter is still in Oregon, I wouldn't need to add slant-anything.

But I would use a slash/call if I were transmitting more than 50 miles from K2NCC's station. Whether I was physically at my station or not.

Origin of the transmission, not the control operator, it seems.

[NM7L]

I took along a FT-857D & ATAS-100 to operate from the Buffalo Chip Campground in 2008 & 2009. Operated as NM7L/0. For those who requested a QSL I generated some "special" cards using some of the more appropriate (read, "family frendly") photos taken during that particular year's event.

If the issues my wife is currently experiencing with her feet doesn't flare up like it has in the past 2 years we intend to be there in 2013.

[AC4BB]

You should still be required to have a callsign that reflects the proper call district where you live.

[ND6M]

You should still be required to have a callsign that reflects the proper call district where you live.

is there such a thing as an "improper" call district?