Hi Rik,
The idea is fine. But, the problems I have with this are (1) Stations don't
always notify us who they are and what they are up to (Mike, G3XDV, is a
perfect example of how it should be done, keeping us FULLY informed), and
(2) is where I agree with Stefan, what about listeners (lookers) who are not
on this refelector? Two letters are of little use to them. I know two
stations near me who look on 137 but are not on here - for various reasons.
You just can't beat a full callsign, even if you do sometimes only get
snatches of it. As it is, stations are often 'identified' by frequency with
very dubious visual evidence!
Chris, G4AYT.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rik Strobbe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:04 AM
Subject: LF: RE: Full ID
Hello Mike, all,
for propagation test purposes (sound much better than beaconing) all we need
is an unambiguous identification. A single character will lead to confusion,
but 2 characters should do the job.
So what about using the 2 last characters of the callsign ?
That would make most ID's more or less of the same length.
G3XDV would use "DV", OR7T would use "7T", DF6NM would use "NM" and so on.
I cannot see any conflicts right now (= 2 stations active in propagation
tests with identical 2 last characters).
Is national law requires a full id it can always be send in 12WMP CW.
73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
________________________________________
Van: [email protected] [[email protected]]
namens Mike Dennison [[email protected]]
Verzonden: woensdag 22 december 2010 17:52
Aan: [email protected]
Onderwerp: LF: Full ID
OK, it seems that most people want full suffixes to be sent. I
believe I had good reasons to use a short ID, but I am happy to go
along with the majority view.
Of course the final straw was Mal threatening not to talk to me!
Beacon tonight (in addition to, and not instead of, real QSOs) will
be on 136.177kHz, 'XDV' synchronised with the start of each hour.
73 de Mike
========
|
