locked Re: Operating portable #WSJTX_config #FT8
On 19/07/2021 22:05, Karl Beckman
wrote:
This has been well covered recently in this forum, almost to the point of becoming annoying. Please take note and pass the word to your ham friends. Karl, modes like FT8, FT4, MSK144, Q65, and FST4, which all share the same basic source encoding rules, have a great deal of flexibility for nonstandard callsigns (by non-standard I mean in terms of these modes definition of a standard callsign which is more complex than "maximum of 6 characters"). If a nonstandard callsign is used with these modes then there are restrictions on what other information can be passed in standard format messages. The main restriction is that gridsquares cannot be conveyed in CQ or QRZ messages, another secondary but important restriction is that two stations with such nonstandard callsigns cannot easily work each other, yet another is that the special contest modes do not support nonstandard callsigns. 73
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