I'll just add that in my testing and operating I found myself sending messages
such as DE VE7AFZ/R R CN89
I would also receive messages such as VE7AFZ/R 73
I don't believe it is particularly helpful to not send both calls with each
message. In particular I see this as potentially causing issues when running
FT8 on a busy band.
I also found myself receiving messages such as
VE7AFZ VE7XYZ CN89
and
VE7AFZ VE7XYZ RRR
when my call was actually VE7AFZ/R which also seems odd to me and creates some
ambiguity (at least for me) as to what call the other station is recording in
their log. Yes I realize the 73 message contains my call with a /R but if the
band is busy and or I have multiple callers how do I know for sure who sent it
? (Yes I realize one can look at frequencies in the waterfall and make some
judgement calls, but this seem a bit complicated to me.)
I do realize one can still complete a QSO and log the calls correctly but the
overall process does seem potentially more confusing to me to when using a call
with "/R" than when using calls without "/R"
Thinking about this topic a bit more I could see this process working for a
coordinated QSO on a quiet frequency. If I visit a remote grid where I don't
have Internet access, and where I am likely to have multiple callers I am much
less optimistic about the likely outcome.
I hope this helps explain my views re this matter. To recap I enjoy using the
WSJT-x software, and appreciate the efforts of the developers. I would also
encourage others to do their own testing and make their own decisions. If
other rovers want to use WSJT-x I wish them much success.
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
> On Jan 25, 2018, at 7:44 PM, Terry Signature <terry@directivesystems.com>
> wrote:
>
> There was some question as to whether the /R was added for rovers n WSJT-X. I
> just tested with K1RZ and when answering a CQ, TX1 does not show the /R
> however in TX3 and TX5 is does show it and more importantly when the QSO is
> completed and logged, it shows the /R. We also tested using JTalert and N1MM
> from different grids and N1MM logged the Q's correctly and no dup's so it
> appears everything works as it should. Calling CQ does show the /R on my end.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Terry, W8ZN
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