> Ed Kerns, Wednesday, February 12, 2025 5:44 PM wrote:
> WSJT-X seems to accept a two-letter abbreviation for
STATE/PROVINCE as a substitute for Grid.  However, there
does not seem to be a means by which NAME can be
exchanged.  The Tx5 message can be modified (e.g.,
$DXCALL mycall myname), but seems to terminate the
myname at the first letter and it has a maximum length. 


Hi Ed,

Simple answer is unfortunately no. A more detailed is
that even the grid substitute is valid only at range AA
to RR. The Tx5 can transport maximum 13 characters, no
more. If you want to study the message encoding in
detail there is an excellent document available as
Reference 33,
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/FT4_FT8_QEX.pdf

73, Reino OH3mA





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