I would call that setup portable myself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: question about propper call sign designator when making HF
contacts in RV
> I'd say that if you are using a mobile rig and antenna, you are mobile
> whether or not you are in motion. Portable operation would be from your
> vacation home or from a hotel room.
>
> If you connect your mobile rig to the triband beam on a tower, you can
> call it what you like.
>
> How about the hams who operate HF with a backpack rig and whip antenna?
> I'd call it mobile even if the operator was sitting on a park bench.
>
> Mark
>