OK, I had already implemented the change on both clusters. I will leave it so but unregister his call so he cannot spot. I will also try and explain this to him.<div><br></div><div>73 Ian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2009/11/20 Dirk Koopman G1TLH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gb7tlh@dxcluster.org">gb7tlh@dxcluster.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">Brendan Minish wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:03 +0000, Ian Maude wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
However, they have a callsign that is recognised by the Australian<br>
authorities and we cannot discriminate just because they only have one<br>
foot on the ladder.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
The issue I would have with 4 letter calls (& longer..) is how all the<br>
other nodes on the network will handle spots, talk, ann etc. Isn't there<br>
a real risk that not all nodes will handle 4 letter calls properly They are also a non runner over packet.<br>
<br>
Perhaps we should allow 4 letter calls to connect but not spot, talk or<br>
ann (beyond the local node anyway) Surely that's enough cluster access to support logging software and get<br>
one's feet wet yet protects the rest of the cluster network from<br>
unintended consequences.<br>
for example.. vk4abcd posts on a node, some other node (possibly running something<br>
ancient and now unsupported ) in the network parses this differently<br>
and truncates it to VK4ABC and we have dupe spots, one with an invalid<br>
originating call <br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
I have reverted the change.<br>
<br>
Sorry Ian.<br>
<br>
The downside is too great. Also, in the current climate it also gives a greater opportunity to be clever with rude, fake, logins.<br><font color="#888888">
<br>
Dirk</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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