Since the FCC removed the requirement for a callsign to reflect the call district in which you resided, the need for a portable/mobile indicator went out the door. Your US callsign is valid as is whenever you operate in territory where the FCC regulates the amateur service. You may append a self-assigned designator, such as /1 etc so long as the intent is not to confuse it with operation from another country. There is an occasional complaint from some US licensee who believes repeaters that ID as /R are in violation of that rule, but in conversations with the FCC they have indicated they don't agree - there is no intent to confuse a station location such that a 2-meter repeater in Texas appending /R to the repeater call someone would cause someone to think they were talking to a repeater in Russia. Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary, the American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio Phone: 860-594-0236 ________________________________ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Mark J Tharp <kb7hdx@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, December 6, 2019 1:00 PM To: G Widin <gpwidin@comcast.net> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>; Ritz, Mike, W7VO, (Dir, NW) <w7vo@comcast.net> Subject: [arrl-odv:29077] Re: Fwd: ID call with / I thought it WAS a requirement up to the point of the change Greg brought up. Seems like a bulletin was sent to the OO program about that so we were not sending advisory notices for not signing /7 with a 5 call. ( As we know it's always those pesky 5's causing trouble) ?? Mark, HDX On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 8:46 AM G Widin <gpwidin@comcast.net<mailto:gpwidin@comcast.net>> wrote: Since FCC permits people to retain their calls when they change their addresses, the consequence of this member’s requested action would be to have many stations signing /1 or whatever the call area. All of this with very little benefit. I would guess that the major impact would fall on Southern states where Northerners have retired and kept their original call signs. I agree that it seems to me that the Commission has dismissed similar requests in the past, but I don’t have any way to find the response. I believe the Commission just blew the request off, without any formal response. 73, Greg, K0GW On Friday, December 6, 2019, Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net<mailto:w7vo@comcast.net>> wrote: Thanks, Rick. This guy feels that it's an important issue, and Dan suggested I bring it up to the P&S committee. If there is little interest there at least I can report that back to him. I did some research and could not find any recent FCC actions related to something like this. I'm kind of surprised that it hasn't come up from somebody before now. 73; Mike W7VO n December 6, 2019 at 7:59 AM k5ur@aol.com<mailto:k5ur@aol.com> wrote: Mike, that doesn't ring a bell with me. Dan Henderson could check for you. (Dan, can you check, please?) As to a committee, I'd suggest it be a Board motion if there is any interest. I'm not sure the FCC would want to spend any time on this given the current FCC, but you could at least bring it up for discussion so you could tell your constituent that the issue was raised. 73 Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net<mailto:w7vo@comcast.net>> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>> Sent: Thu, Dec 5, 2019 6:17 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:29068] Fwd: ID call with / I seem to recall that the FCC has already ruled on this type of proposal, at least once. Does anybody have anything related to this that I can send this guy? If not, which ARRL committee would be the proper one to sent this request to for consideration? Thanks! 73; Mike W7VO ---------- Original Message ---------- From: C Williams <wa6ctb@yahoo.com<mailto:wa6ctb@yahoo.com>> To: w7vo@arrl.org<mailto:w7vo@arrl.org> Date: December 5, 2019 at 3:18 PM Subject: ID call with / Mike I hope you remember to bring up for discussion at the Board meeting the proposal I sent you re having the FCC require ID'ing with a /# if their call is different from the area they are in. If you remember it would require no work or cost from the FCC other than a order. Stations would ID with a /# if they are mobile or living in an area different from their call. No change to the License would be required only on the air ID'ing. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Chuck KI7DG ASM. _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv