On 01/08/2021 20:46, Jim Brown via wsjt-devel wrote:
On 8/1/2021 9:34 AM, Bill Somerville via wsjt-devel wrote:
A grid square does not meet that criteria. OTOH the grid square is
not required by that definition of a QSO.
Horsepucky. A name is a piece of information. So is a State. And a
grid square a IS a piece of information, accepted as such by contest
administrators, including ARRL, the 160M Stew Perry. And it is FAR
more information than the automatic 59 and 599 exchanged in virtually
all DXpedition QSOs.
A perspective outside of WSJT world is required. And maybe a few
decades in the hobby doing something more than staring at computer
screens. Many WSJT users I know work CW, SSB, and RTTY, and have been
at it for decades. I've been at it for 66 years.
73, Jim K9YC
Jim,
read my post again, and also the Region 1 VHF handbook! The term is "QSO
specific" information, a grid is not QSO specific it is general
information about a station. If you don't see why that distinction is
important then you are missing the point.
Note also that the Region 1 VHF handbook is not defining QSOs in a WSJT
World, it is a general definition of what is recommended as a valid QSO,
no qualifications! Contests may use other definitions, and often do due
to scoring scheme requirements and there a grid square (or often a grid
locator here in Region 1) is sometimes required and may even be used in
place of a report exchange.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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