[K4RY] Contest Call Sign Usage

Kyle Owen kylevowen at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 16:29:57 CDT 2014


Not sure why I though it was 19:00. In that case, I'll be up there at
18:00. Congrats on the contacts!

73,

Kyle
On Oct 21, 2014 4:22 PM, "SueAnne Griffith" <sng0005 at tigermail.auburn.edu>
wrote:

>  Correct on the callsign identifying.  I’ve been having a lot of luck in
> 20m recently, as that seems to be where most of the schools are hanging
> out.  I’ve gotten about 2300 points thus far out of 35 contacts; there was
> a pileup today to talk to us for a while.  That alone would’ve put us in
> the top 15 universities nationally in this past year’s roundup.
>
>
>
> The meeting is at 18:00, but should only last fifteen minutes or so.  I’ll
> head up to the shack after that.  I meet with SGA to beg for money at
> 19:50, so I’ll probably stay in Broun until then (if any not-yet-licensed
> members want to try making contacts under supervision, this is your chance).
>
>
>
> SueAnne, KK4UWV
>
>
>
> *From:* k4ry-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:
> k4ry-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] *On Behalf Of *Kyle Owen
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2014 16:11
> *To:* <k4ry at eng.auburn.edu>
> *Subject:* [K4RY] Contest Call Sign Usage
>
>
>
> According to Part 97 (97.119 e), "When the operator license class held by
> the control operator exceeds that of the station licensee, an indicator
> consisting of the call sign assigned to the control operator's station must
> be included after the call sign."
>
>
>
> As you are all on the air, if you are operating the station under
> higher-than-Technician privileges, you will need to indicate your personal
> call sign following K4RY, such as "This is K4RY, operated by W4GNU."
>
>
>
> Thanks to John K., WB4LNM, for clarifying this.
>
>
>
> One call sign can be confusing enough for some listeners, so I would
> recommend slowing it down a bit and using the phonetic alphabet.
>
>
>
> I unfortunately won't be able to make it to the meeting tonight as the
> group I tutor wanted to move their study session to 19:00 where they would
> have the least number of conflicts. I may try to get up there around 18:00
> to operate, if someone wants to join me.
>
>
>
> How late are people planning on staying tonight?
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Kyle
>
> W4GNU
>
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