Hi Larry, It is really a question of principle. Protocol must be capable of sending long free text that is not allowed to be source coded. Perhaps Q-codes are still allowed, hi! FT8 13 character free text is about ok for sending the required exchange, but…
Extract of reasoning: Also, its ability to carry any emergency message is near nil... try sending "SOS - HMS TITANIC - HIT ICE - SINKING - 82.566N 34.713W". 73, Reino OH3mA I could be wrong, but I thought Joe’s analysis showed that the Winter FD exchange would not fit into the 77 bit package that FT8/4 used. Perhaps if WFD changed its exchange to fit the already available rules, it would work well. 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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