[Dxspider-support] Australian 4 letter calls

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On 11/20/2009 8:22 AM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

> On 11/20/2009 8:19 AM, Ian Maude wrote:
>
>> Out of interest he is spotting through dxsummit at the moment so
>> presumably his spots are getting on to the network currently although
>> I have not checked as yet.
>
> Yes, his spots are showing up at W0MU-1, a CC cluster:
>
> DX de VK4FREQ: 3790.0 HL5BLI Keep Trying M8 Took Me 2 hrs, 73! 1514Z
>
> I also note that EB1BSV/M is logged into VE7CC CC cluster, and his spots
> are getting out as well, at least to another CC cluster:
>
> DX de EB1BSV/M: 14070.0 GM4LPT tnx and 73 bpsk31 1517Z

I see the spot by EB1BSV/M on K1EA who runs DX Spider.  I do NOT see the 
spot by VK4FREQ, however.

So I don't understand this restriction about the length of the spotter 
callsign, since EB1BSV/M which is 8 characters seems to be passed around 
the network just fine.

- Jim

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us