And for QSO parties that are NOT in the USA?
RSGB has a couple they introduced this year - doesn’t support FT? yet but it
will come.
Pretty sure the abbreviations used for USA states will not match up with other
countries. The developers, if they are going to support QSO parties, will be
looking at the global picture.
Tom
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73’s
Tom
GM8MJV (IO85)
On 25 Sep 2019, at 22:19, Ron WV4P <wv4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a coordinator for the Tennessee QSO Party we fielded the same questions
> and had to respond the same. MANY wanted to use FT-X Modes. In kind, I don't
> think TN would be any issue swapping to 3 Letter. Ron, WV4P
>
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 16:08, John Zantek <j...@zantek.net> wrote:
> AKA "All I want for Christmas is something big for WSJT-X 2.2"
>
> I just finished the 2019 Washington Salmon Run (our state QSO party), both as
> a contestant and a coordinator. My DX Club sponsors the event. See
> www.wwdxc.org/salmonrun
>
> This year, we were inundated with inquiries of "Can we use FT8 or FT4?", all
> of which I had to answer "No, sorry, not this year". I see Nebraska
> supported WSJT-X for their QSO party, but it required a totally separate log.
> Our Board felt the Salmon Run is too big and popular to create a whole
> separate category and scoring system, and I didn't want to see the use of
> FreeMsg frames being blasted blindly into the ether with unacknowledged
> County exchanges. I felt it was just abusive and counter to the vision of
> WSJT-X's smart design.
>
> I do believe that adding direct support to all the State QSO Parties could be
> the 'next big thing' for WSJT-X. Adding FD last year was a step in that
> direction. So rather than just ask, I thought "well, what would it require?"
>
> CQ WAQP W7CD CN87
> W7CD K7ABC SPO (Spokane County)
> K7ABC W7CD R KITS (Kitsap County)
> W7CD K7ABC RR73
>
> Thus, I submit a blind start:
>
> // QRegExp message_alphabet {"[- A-Za-z0-9+./?]*"};
> QRegularExpression message_alphabet {"[- @A-Za-z0-9+./?#<>]*"};
> QRegularExpression WA_QSO_party_exchange {
> R"(
> (
> AL|AZ|AR|CA|CO|CT|DE|FL|GA # 48 contiguous states
> |ID|IL|IN|IA|KS|KY|LA|ME|MD
> |MA|MI|MN|MS|MO|MT|NE|NV|NH|NJ
> |NM|NY|NC|ND|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC
> |SD|TN|TX|UT|VT|VA|WA|WV|WI|WY
> |NB|NS|QC|ON|MB|SK|AB|BC|NWT|NF # VE provinces
> |LB|NU|YT|PEI
> |DC # District of Columbia
> |DX # anyone else outside WA
> |ADA|ASO|BEN|CHE|CLAL|CLAR|COL # 39 WA counties
> |COW|DOU|FER|FRA|GAR|GRAN|GRAY
> |ISL|JEFF|KING|KITS|KITT|KLI
> |LEW|LIN|MAS|OKA|PAC|PEND|PIE
> |SAN|SKAG|SKAM|SNO|SPO|STE|THU
> |WAH|WAL|SHA|WHI|YAK
> )
> )", QRegularExpression::CaseInsensitiveOption |
> QRegularExpression::ExtendedPatternSyntaxOption};
>
>
> Of course, it's not just that simple, I know....but I feel strongly enough
> about the subject that I'm willing to try my hand at coding, something I've
> not done since my FORTRAN77 and PDP-11 school days.
>
> True, there are some arguments against putting in the effort.
> - Texas has 254 Counties. My fingers ache just thinking about it.
> - Not every State has a QSO Party. Out west, those states without the
> support resources for their own QP (OR, MT, WY, etc) created the 7th Area QSO
> Party (7QP), which is wildly popular. It's exchange field requires a field
> of 5 characters (2-ltr-State + 3-ltr County).
> -Instead of a QRegExp for each QP, a matrix of AAAAA through ZZZZZ would
> support any 5-ltr combo a particular State QP sponsor might devise. Of
> course, that leaves it to the end user to populate them in Settings/Advanced.
> Texans would think that insane. 7QP'ers would call it cruel and unusual
> punishment.
>
> Am I the only Voice in the Wilderness that thinks this would be worth it? WA
> is happily willing to shift from 4 letter County abbreviations to 3 letter if
> it helps!
>
> 73 John W7CD
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