[RTTY] My thoughts on the UBN's

[Vladimir V. Sidorov]

Hello George et all,

>
> If anyone has any specific recommendations for changes and/or
> clarification of practices, this reflector is a good forum to bring
> those items up.  In addition, I will volunteer to carry as many comments
> as I can to Dayton to help formulate any suggested changes that would
> improve the groups participation.
>

 It does not look like there should be numerous recommendations or
suggestions. Just one thing should be set up: the log checking program
should not ASSUME anything. In this particular issue the program should pick
up the zone designator from a log of a station X and check all contacts with
this station taking into account this particular designator. That's it.

Nobody knows and nobody should know why the station X sends the zone 17
instead of 16. Maybe the operator took a trip to a neighbouring zone and the
local legislation allows him not to add any extra designator (/portable or
whatever) to his call. Or the local area designation system has changed. Or
whatever. As long as the operator claims, he worked from the zone XX, it
should be like this.
The log chacking program does not assume anything about relations between US
calls and their zones (I believe), so what's the difference?

73,
"Walt", EU1SA