Hello Jim,
Yes, the WriteLog contesting software I use, does know the difference
between a station labelled AD1C at 109 degrees and AD1C/0 at 270 degrees
from my QTH here in Ontario.
However, when I check with my daily logging software Dxbase, it did not
calculate the direction correctly. Your station call, AD1C shows at 113
degrees, where AD1C/0 moved the beam to 91 deg and still identified you as a
citizen of the United States. Yet if I used AD1C/W0, it shows 272 degrees.
So it seems DXBase has a parsing issue or perhaps /W'n' is the proper way to
sign when portable(?).
Personally I would not expect a contest station to use a /W0 when a /0
should suffice, especially in CW.
Thanks for the addition input Jim, it does indeed seem that all software is
not created equal.
73 Eric - VE3GSI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C>
>
> On 10/24/2007 11:22 AM, Eric - VE3GSI wrote:
>
> > For those of us that use contest callsigns to automatically
> turn the
> > rotor to the correct direction with software, wrong call
> areas often
> > are a problem.
>
> That is true. However, does logging software know that AD1C/0 is a
> Zero-land call? It depends on how software parses the
> callsigns; some
> software may decide that since it doesn't change country, there is
> noting to do for the "/0" at the end. CT does what you want, I can't
> speak for what the others do.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
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