A further note Ians log was I suspect from N W Europe, if you draw a circle of 1000kms centred on Rome , , Italy, that will cover the mot prolific use of complex callsigns, The Italians have similar regulations to those in Austria, and are in range of most of the Adriatic and Mediterranean coast. >From those areas you could have as much as 10% of callsigns with either format >of xx/<call> or <call>/<region. There will also be those making contacts with contest stations that wont put an entry in
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:36:21 +0100 Richard Bown <rich...@g8jvm.com> wrote: > you are missing an important point Joe > As FT8 is a quick exchange mode it will encourage more use, so what is 1% on > current figures > supplied by Ian will rise, especially on shorter period contests on 6 mtrs > and 4 mtrs in the > summer where there are many Hams that spend weeks , sometimes months in > second homes in the > Mediterranean coastal areas. > Its like asking how many will be using wsjt modes before you wrote it.. > IMO , I would allow for 5% of entries to have complex callsigns . > > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:18:29 -0400 > Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote: > > > On 7/28/2017 4:03 PM, Richard Bown wrote: > > > It could be a considerable amount Joe, Some countries in region 1 are > > > small. > > But what I wanted to know is what that amount actually is, in practice, > > in a typical VHF+ Region 1 contest log containing some hundreds of QSOs. > > -- Joe, K1JT > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > -- -- Best wishes /73 Richard Bown Email : rich...@g8jvm.com HTTP : http://www.g8jvm.com nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call: G8JVM . QRV: 50-432 MHz + Microwave 23 cms 140W, 13 cms 100W & 3cms 5W Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W QRV VHF 6mtrs 200W, 4 mtrs 150W, 2mtrs 400W, 70cms 200W OS: Linux Mint 18.1 x86_64 on a Dell Inspiron N5030 laptop ################################################################################## ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
