Quite right. Blind, apparently. Sorry for the QRM.
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From: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 7:06:02 PM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] My Grid in documentation
Hi Dave,
On 10/16/2017 7:08 PM, David Fisher wrote:
> I’m proof reading the 1.8 RC 3 document. Here’s something I’ve noticed
> before that might be helpful.
>
> As I understand it (and I’m probably wrong), the “Settings, General, My
> Grid” field accepts 6 character grid information such as CM97bq (my
> grid). I discovered this accidentally when I was trying to figure out
> how to send the full grid information in WSPR messages. In my view,
> it’s not obvious that all six characters can or should be input, given
> that only four are usually used in FT8, JT64, JT9 etc. Perhaps a short
> paragraph detailing this would be helpful.
>
> Dave / NX6D
Near its beginning, Section 4.1 of the WSJT-X User Guide includes these
sentences:
"Select the General tab on the Settings window. Under Station Details
enter your callsign, grid locator (preferably the 6-character locator)
and IARU Region number."
As you say, only the leading four characters are used in standard
JT-style messages. But when they are available, the full 6-digit
locators are used (for example) in computing distances, bearings, EME
Doppler shifts, and the like.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
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