Hi Bill,
I was going to say the /ME was not illegal, especially with the space: W1DYJ
/ME. In fact, as mentioned I have been using this for a year now from my
Maine QTH and it has been helpful, as FN43 is not specific to Maine. 1.9.1
did not filter any free form messages as far as I could tell, and I have
logged many new states and countries when using it. "CQ ME W1DYJ" obviously
is worse. (Some hams did think this is what I meant.)
Your suggestion for Tx5 is a good one.
Larry / W1DYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Somerville
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2018 17:42
To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJT-X 2.0 RC5 -- difference from 1.9.1
On 03/12/2018 22:24, Jim Shorney wrote:
Not to mention that /ME would suggest that the op is in England, and would
be a rules violation if he is not.
73
-Jim
NU0C
Hi Jim and Larry,
point taken, but ME is not a valid UK prefix. We have 2E, MM etc. but
the England M prefix is just plain 'M' followed by a digit.
As far as WSJT-X is concerned, and I think Joe's point, is that if we
allow 'CQ W1DYJ /ME' as a free text message (note the space before the
'/') then it almost certainly will not be helpful as receivers of the
message cannot double-click it to reply. OTOH 'CQ W1DYJ/ME' is a
standard message but anyone double clicking it will end up logging the
wrong callsign and you are probably misrepresenting your location as Jim
states above.
I wasn't aware that WSJT-X filtered any valid free text messages but in
this case it seems to be the best thing to do.
Larry I suggest you save a macro like '73 FROM MAINE' and use it as a
Tx5 message now and again, I expect that would be much more productive
as it will not trip up stations receiving it.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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