[Dxspider-support] Australian 4 letter calls

Ian Maude ian at gb7mbc.net
Fri Nov 20 13:04:31 GMT 2009


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.

73 Ian

2009/11/20 Dirk Koopman G1TLH <gb7tlh at dxcluster.org>

> Brendan Minish wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:03 +0000, Ian Maude wrote:
>>
>>> However, they have a callsign that is recognised by the Australian
>>> authorities and we cannot discriminate just because they only have one
>>> foot on the ladder.
>>>
>>
>> The issue I would have with 4 letter calls (& longer..) is how all the
>> other nodes on the network will handle spots, talk, ann etc. Isn't there
>> a real risk that not all nodes will handle 4 letter calls properly They
>> are also a non runner over packet.
>>
>> Perhaps we should allow 4 letter calls to connect but not spot, talk or
>> ann (beyond the local node anyway) Surely that's enough cluster access to
>> support logging software and get
>> one's feet wet yet protects the rest of the cluster network from
>> unintended consequences.
>>  for example..  vk4abcd posts on a node, some other node (possibly running
>> something
>> ancient and now unsupported )  in the network parses this differently
>> and truncates it to VK4ABC and we have dupe spots, one with an invalid
>> originating call
>>
>
> I have reverted the change.
>
> Sorry Ian.
>
> The downside is too great. Also, in the current climate it also gives a
> greater opportunity to be clever with rude, fake, logins.
>
> Dirk
>
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