[Skimmertalk] "Oddity" in RBN Aggregator 5.2

[Björn Ekelund]

Before someone asks - setting the Aggregator computer's locale to US fixed
the problem and made the spots use decimal point.

Björn



Den sön 10 feb. 2019 kl 13:17 skrev Björn Ekelund <bjorn at ekelund.nu>:

> Since I'm not quite sure where to turn I write a post her.
>
> Apart from uploading my spots to RBN via aggregator, I also upload to my
> friend OH6BG's web site voacap.com.
>
> After getting complaints on "illegal" frequency format from Jari on my FT8
> spots I was able to nail it down
> to what seems to be that RBN Aggregator applies Windows' locale to the
> frequency information.
> Which in most of Europe means decimal comma.
>
> Here is a screen shot:
> https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiOyF6ZvAY04guEJ3P8BSDdTSE5onA
>
> It seems RBN is immune to this, but voacap.com is not.
>
> CW Skimmer spots are alwasy using decimal point.
>
> I personally think RBN Aggregator should treat the two equally and always
> use decimal point, regardless of Windows locale.
>
> Or is there a setting I have simply missed?
>
> Björn SM7IUN
>
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