[Dxspider-support] Australian 4 letter calls

[Klaus Heintzenberg]

Am Freitag, 20. November 2009 10:45:53 schrieb Ian Maude:
> I understand your reluctance Dirk.  It is not the guys fault that Australia
> came up with such a strange series of calls.  I will warn him.
>
> 73 Ian
>
> 2009/11/20 Dirk Koopman G1TLH <gb7tlh at dxcluster.org>
>
> > 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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Don't know if the calls are really strange. Unusual, yes.

Here you find what the ITU says about Amateur Radio identification.

http://life.itu.int/radioclub/rr/frr.htm
ART 19  Identification of st.
ART 25 	Amateur services

73, Klaus