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"
???

73's W7/G7TMG


"Bob Nielsen" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 11:53:00 -0800, G7TMG wrote:
Apologies if this is a bit off-topic, but figured you guys might know
this.

My call is G7TMG and I now live permanently in the US but haven't got
around
to taking the US test yet and want to get on the air using my UK call.

I believe I should use W7/G7TMG (or is it G7TMG/W7?) but do I need to
state
the "/" as portable if I live here full time?
Also, I presume that my UK HF privileges are no good in the US due to no
morse test???

Any info appreciated.

Sholto.

See http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/about/recoperating.html
for full information.

Among other things, this says:

Reciprocal operating authority is valid until the expiration date on the
alien's amateur service license. Reciprocal operation in a place where the
Amateur Radio Service is regulated by the FCC must comply with Part 97 of
the FCC's Rules and the International Telecommunication Union Radio
Regulations. Operator privileges are those authorized by the alien's
government, but do not exceed those of the FCC Amateur Extra Class
operator.

Bob, N7XY