On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:16:13 -0800, G7TMG wrote:
Thanks Bob, that link proved quite informative.

It also states:

"When a station is transmitting under the privileges afforded by an amateur
service license granted by the Government of Canada or an amateur service
license granted by any other country with which the United States has a
multilateral or bilateral agreement, an indicator consisting of the
appropriate letter-numeral designating the station location must be included
in the station identification announcement. This indicator must be separated
from the assigned call sign by the slant mark (/) or any suitable word that
denotes the slant mark."

So I guess I don't need to state 'portable' unless I really am portable.
Question is, how do US amateurs say '/', is it "slant", "stroke" or "slash"
???

I've heard all three used, but usually "stroke". Although the FCC site
indicates that the suffix goes after your call, I doubt you would get
into trouble putting it first, as that has become an international
standard recently (CEPT regulations specify this, as well as the use of
the word "stroke").

I see where CEPT no longer lists two classes of privileges (except for
a few countries), so you would probably be legal under CEPT as well as
under the reciprocal agreement.

Where in 7-land are you located? I am near Seattle.

73, Bob N7XY