Locked Meaning of a1, a2 and a3


Monty
 

Hello,

Occasionally I see the characters a1 (most common), a2 or a3 after the call sign in the band activity / rx frequency windows. I did a quick search of the message history with no luck and also looked in the manual by ZL2iFB. Just curious...

BTW closing in on 200 entities on FT8 with wire antennas and low power.

73, Monty W3SB 


Tom Melvin
 

Hi

Did you check the WSJT manual?


Tom

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73’s

Tom
GM8MJV (IO85)





On 31 Mar 2020, at 16:42, Monty via Groups.Io <W3SB@...> wrote:

Hello,

Occasionally I see the characters a1 (most common), a2 or a3 after the call sign in the band activity / rx frequency windows. I did a quick search of the message history with no luck and also looked in the manual by ZL2iFB. Just curious...

BTW closing in on 200 entities on FT8 with wire antennas and low power.

73, Monty W3SB 


JP Tucson, AZ
 

You have "Enable AP" Selected under the 'decode' menu .

It actually can help you decode weak signals according to the manual.




73 - John - N7GHZ


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 8:42 AM Monty via Groups.Io <W3SB=ptd.net@groups.io> wrote:
Hello,

Occasionally I see the characters a1 (most common), a2 or a3 after the call sign in the band activity / rx frequency windows. I did a quick search of the message history with no luck and also looked in the manual by ZL2iFB. Just curious...

BTW closing in on 200 entities on FT8 with wire antennas and low power.

73, Monty W3SB 


JP Tucson, AZ
 

Check out manual section 12.1 on decoding/ AP DECODING!



73 - John - N7GHZ


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 8:42 AM Monty via Groups.Io <W3SB=ptd.net@groups.io> wrote:
Hello,

Occasionally I see the characters a1 (most common), a2 or a3 after the call sign in the band activity / rx frequency windows. I did a quick search of the message history with no luck and also looked in the manual by ZL2iFB. Just curious...

BTW closing in on 200 entities on FT8 with wire antennas and low power.

73, Monty W3SB 


Monty
 

Tnx all...

73, Monty W3SB


Steve Ikler KS3K
 

Monty, 

I think it means that your TV is stuck on the Lawrence Welk channel. 

Steve KS3K 


Arthur Bernstein
 

Oh No!!!!!!

On Mar 31, 2020, at 8:17 PM, Steve Ikler <ks3k@...> wrote:

Monty,

I think it means that your TV is stuck on the Lawrence Welk channel.

Steve KS3K


Monty
 

Funny...still laughing!

Monty W3SB


Tom Loughney
 

Great thinking outside the box Steve! I must be getting slow in my old age because I didn't even "see" that when it was right there. The absolute best answer I have ever seen in this group. A little levity really helps these days. 73 my friend. 


Jerome Sodus
 

Ditto. And I enjoy telling my friends about it. They chuckle too.
73 jerry km3k 



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-------- Original message --------
From: "Tom Loughney via groups.io" <aj4xm@...>
Date: 4/4/20 09:35 (GMT-05:00)
To: WSJTX@groups.io
Subject: Re: [WSJTX] Meaning of a1, a2 and a3

Great thinking outside the box Steve! I must be getting slow in my old age because I didn't even "see" that when it was right there. The absolute best answer I have ever seen in this group. A little levity really helps these days. 73 my friend. 


Steve Ikler KS3K
 

Thanks Tom and everyone else. I was a little concerned that the millennials wouldn't get it. It really shows my (our) age(s).

73,

Steve KS3K


Tim Brannon, WA5MD
 

"A little levity really helps these days. 73 my friend."

AMEN to that !!!


David Kaplan
 

Actually if the call is /A1, /A2, /A3 those are the country codes for Djibouti, Botswana, and Tonga! But Lawrence Welk was also a good answer.

73,

David, WA1OUI