Correct. I had not realized this. As I looked at his qrz.com page he was talking about living deed restricted and using remote radios.... Dang.
And yes, some others might be in accurate as well. On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 1:28 PM Chuck Furman <[email protected] wrote: > I get it now. You meant he was operating remote, as in “away from his home > station” (actual radio in a different grid). That was exactly my point... > you can’t rely on the qrz.com information to be correct. Sometimes I try > to text them with JTALERT to ask for their grid. But if they are portable, > they may not have an Internet connection. > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 12:17 Bill Pence <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Because he answered my CQ, so while I can look up his home grid, that >> was not necessarily his transmitter location. And since he answered my CQ, >> his grid was not exchanged >> The impact of him operating remote is that I am unable to add from >> qrz.com.... >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 12:44 PM Chuck Furman <[email protected] wrote: >> >>> Bill, >>> >>> I’m confused. Why does remote operating affect the grid? I operate >>> remotely all the time. I operate from my kitchen, my living room, patio, >>> etc. I’ve also operated from China and Dubai. But in all cases, the station >>> is in my house in Plano, Texas... in grid EM13oc. The grid square never >>> changes. Why does it matter where the operator is located? The only thing >>> that is important is the location of the radio. >>> >>> On a slightly different topic... I’ve noticed that some people don’t >>> keep QRZ.com updated. The grid they give you during the contact doesn’t >>> match what’s on QRZ. So filling in missing grids can be risky. >>> >>> Chuck >>> KG6PH >>> Plano, Texas >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM Bill Pence <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In the round up, grids are only present in the CQ message. So if >>>> someone ANSWERS your CQ, you do not get their grid... >>>> >>>> I plan to look these up and add then the the log.... >>>> >>>> But, at least 1 Q was with someone using a remote station via internet, >>>> so his grid will remain unknown... >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 11:12 AM Bill Mullin <[email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm an FT8 newbie - made my first QSO with this mode less than a week >>>>> ago. The below problem may have been discussed before and I apologize if >>>>> I >>>>> missed it. Anyway, I notice that both my LOG and ADI files are randomly >>>>> missing grid squares. Here's my last 6 QSO's, all made today: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2018-12-02,13:53:45,2018-12-02,13:54:45,DS4NPL,PM35,7.074300,FT8,+01,-15,,, >>>>> >>>>> 2018-12-02,14:01:45,2018-12-02,14:03:15,JG1ULT,PM95,7.075050,FT8,-10,-12,,, >>>>> 2018-12-02,14:11:45,2018-12-02,14:12:45,KQ6K,,3.575100,FT8,-03,-03,,, >>>>> 2018-12-02,14:32:15,2018-12-02,14:33:15,JA2ATE,,3.573600,FT8,+02,+02,,, >>>>> 2018-12-02,14:49:15,2018-12-02,14:50:15,HR1LW,,14.075094,FT8,-10,-17,,, >>>>> >>>>> 2018-12-02,14:51:00,2018-12-02,14:52:00,PJ2DD,FK52,14.075717,FT8,-08,-04,,, >>>>> >>>>> 3 of the 6 grid square information is missing, in spite of the fact >>>>> that it was definitely sent to me. This group was with 1.9.1. I also had >>>>> 16 QSOs in the Roundup with 2.0.0 RC5 . . . 2 of the QSOs do not have grid >>>>> information in the LOG or ADI file. >>>>> >>>>> Is this a known problem? Will these missing grids cause me any >>>>> problems in the future? >>>>> >>>>> Tnx & 73, >>>>> Bill AA4M >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> wsjt-devel mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> wsjt-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> wsjt-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >>> >>
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