[Dxspider-support] Login using callsign with prefix/suffix

Mike McCarthy, W1NR lists at w1nr.net
Wed May 8 17:05:00 CEST 2019


Callsigns are limited by the old AX.25 6 character limit. It will accept
up to a 2x3 call with an ssid only. No portable designators.

73 de Mike, W1NR

On 5/8/19 9:51 AM, Greg M0NZO via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I’m curious as to why it’s not possible to log in to DX Spider using a
> callsign with a prefix or suffix, e.g. M0NZO/P or EA7/M0NZO:
> 
> login: M0NZO/P
> Sorry M0NZO/P is an invalid callsign
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> This is disallowed by line 105 of ExtMsg.pm:
> if (is_callsign($msg) && $msg !~ m|/| ) {
> 
> As QTH, QRA and location are stored per-account, is it not preferable
> for the user to maintain several accounts rather than login using an
> account that differs from the callsign currently in operation?
> 
> Another consideration is that logging software such as MacLoggerDX and
> RUMlog2Go automatically uses the logbook callsign as the username, with
> no way of overriding it.
> 
> 73
> Greg M0NZO
> 
> 
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