On 11/15/2017 05:30 PM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote: Hi Mike & all,
> RST means Report STrength. > I don't see how this fits into the ADIF definition. When we look to the ADIF specification, we see no information about the possible contents of the RST_RCVD and RST_SENT fields. However, we note that these fields are defined as string fields. If we are pedantic and if we refer to the name of the fields, RST is nothing else as the old report system in use in amateur radio. R goes from 1 to 5 and S and T go from 1 to 9. It is not necessary to define such fields as string, numerical would be sufficient, although no arithmetical operations are meaningful on such data. A RST report is not a number, but the concatenation of 3 numbers. Some pieces of software and some reporting systems accept only reports according to this very old definition. Some other accept nearly any string in these fields, e.g. "599++", "59+40", "-12", "+5", "599X" and many others. Best wishes, Claude (DJ0OT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
