[Dxspider-support] Australian 4 letter calls

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

What does this do to AX.25 RF links? The address fields are only 6 bytes
plus SSID. The 7 character callsigns just wont fit!

Mike, W1NR

Dirk Koopman G1TLH wrote:
> Dirk Koopman G1TLH wrote:
>> Ian Maude wrote:
>>> Hi Dirk et al,
>>> Any chance of supporting the VK calls with 4 letter suffixes please?
>>> I have a chap who cannot log in as spider says his callsign is invalid.
>>>
>>
>> Really? Does Oz have that many amateurs?
>
> I have done this, probably against my better judgement. It will have
> side effects that he may regret. These include: any output (eg spots,
> announces, talks) will be rejected by older versions of DXSpider and
> any other software that checks their protocol input as rigorously.
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
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