[RTTY] Suggestion for JARTS 2008

[Eric - VE3GSI]

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