I will climb on board this Maidenhead Grid wagon with the recommendation, request and desire to see the Grid Locator Field completely opened up to accept the full 10-character Grid on all future WSJT-X versions.
73 Doc NE8S EM17IQ56JU > On August 1, 2020 3:59 PM [email protected] wrote: > > > Thank You Bill > Many of us were running into issues during the contest. Would be helpful > if the NA version would do six digit grids. > > Thanks Again, > Cheers and Beers > > 73 > > Phil > N8LRG > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > From: "Bill Somerville" > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Saturday August 1 2020 4:11:20PM > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] 222 and up EU contest mode not decoding > > On 01/08/2020 20:50, [email protected] > mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Trying to run the ARRL 222 and up contest that requires six digit > > grid. I have the EU contest selected as it does the 6 digit grid, but stops > > decoding after the tx1 message. I see others are having the same issue in > > the contest. Unfortunately no other real options for 6 digit exchange > > exists. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > 73 Phil > > N8LRG > > > > > > Hi Phil, > > to fix a problem with EU Contest mode we had to make a breaking change in > the protocol. If you or your QSO partners are not using WSJT-X v2.2.0 or > later then some of the exchange messages will not decode. > > From the v2.2.0 release notice: > > - New format for "EU VHF Contest" Tx2 and Tx3 messages > > When "EU VHF Contest" is selected, the Tx2 and Tx3 messages (those > conveying signal report, serial number, and 6-character locator) > now use hashcodes for both callsigns. This change is NOT backward > compatible with earlier versions of _WSJT-X_, so all users of EU > VHF Contest messages should be sure to upgrade to version 2.2.0. > > 73 > Bill > G4WJS. > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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