Hi Jim,
Of course it would be trivial to enable display of characters G and H as
"pseudo-classes" in the ARRL Field Day message formats used for MSK144,
FT4, and FT8. But I don't see this as a very desirable message format
for state QSO parties. A few problems, for example:
- Operators would need a look-up table to determine their appropriate
"number of transmitters" and operating class.
- Displayed message information would mean something very different
from what it appears to mean.
- Messages would contain no signal report -- presently a required part
of the NV QSO Party exchange.
SSeems to me that a good solution for the wide variety of exchanges in
state QSO parties really needs a message payload more like 110 bits,
rather than 77.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
On 5/25/2020 1:20 PM, Jim Shepherd wrote:
Hi,
There are 8 characters available for the Field Day contest overlay
to designate class of operation. Currently A-F are used, and if G and H
are activated it will allow for 256 combinations of the transmitter
number (1-32) and the letters. Right now only 192 combinations are
available. Why this matters is that this overlay can be used for state
QSO parties to add county and county line designations for the FT8/FT4
contacts. Here in Nevada we have 17 counties and 54 county line
locations, and the system works fine for us. Maryland is using 25
counties this year. Texas has 254 counties, so while county line
operations would require a couple of thousand designations, they would
just have to settle with the single counties only. It would also allow
the ARRL to add two new classes to Field Day to handle VPN linked
locations in the new normal of social distancing in the future.
Thanks for considering this.
73
Jim Shepherd W6US
NVQSO Party Chairman
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