"Sal M. Onella" wrote in message
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I'm bringing an HF rig to the mountains of Colorado next week. I just
finished assembling a travel kit of dipole elements for 10, 15 and 20. I
have ropes, pulleys, wire elements, baluns, cable, connectors, a tuner,
VSWR
meter, etc. There's no electricity except for a very few generators, so
typical urban noise should be absent. Joy!

What's the custom for transmitting my I-D? I think it's "KD6VKW,
PORTABLE
ZERO." It might be "KD6VKW, STROKE ZERO." I've heard both variations and
I
searched for about 20 minutes and only found that in the US I'm apparently
not legally required to transmit anything after my callsign. It's
optional.

I know the county and grid square. Since some hams hunt counties and grid
squares, should I include either when I call CQ? Opinions, please.

TKS
"Sal"
KD6VKW


You are not required to send anything but your call as you mentioned. If
you want to , you can add almost anything after it. For voice , portable
is/was used. The Stroke was used in CW.
If using voice, you may want to say "portable Colorado" if you are not
getting any response to your CQs.