[na-user] IARU Received Ffield

[k8cc]

Several users have commented about NA only allowing four digits for the 
"received" field in IARU.  For no other reason, this is a holdover from the 
other contest formats which use four digits for this field.

NA has been this way since 1988.  The ARRL, which checks the IARU logs, has 
never bounced a QSO or questioned the four digit field length.  Prior to 
sending the special "WRTC 2000 compliant" NA version to the WRTC 
organizers, I explicitly asked whether this was an issue and got no 
response.  I guess its not that important.

I've always just cut off the HQ abbreviation at four digits.  Four example, 
"MRASZ" becomes "MRAS".

It would not be a big deal to change the field to five characters.  But 
then, would someone want six?  Also, then new NAs would not be able to read 
old IARU logs.


Dave Pruett, K8CC
DATOM Engineering
datom@contesting.com
http://datom.contesting.com


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