There is no official format. But CT, being one of the first out there, set
the defacto format to be:
DX <callsign> <RX freq> QSX <TX freq>
The word QSX is required, and <TX freq> must be in KHz. Note that "/" may
work in place of "QSX".
I wish Ken was a little more flexible, i.e. accept MHz instead of KHz
(7.230) as well as recognize the QSX frequency without the word QSX if it
"makes sense", i.e. the spot frequency is 40 meters and the comment is
simply "7174" or "7.235". Ignore things like non-numeric strings and
number out of bounds, i.e. "34".
Trying to recognize all combinations of UP, DOWN, LSN etc. is too
complicated.
CT will make a properly-formatted spot for Kenwood and Yaesu radios, where
it can read the "splitness" out of the radio. ICOM doesn't let you, so the
user has to type in the word QSX and the transmit frequency. This is where
some of the badly-formatted spots come from. There others? Probably some
number of clueless users, or users who just don't care.
73 - Jim
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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com
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