Hello Juan,
I agree with you. The 6 digits locator here in Europe comes from the terrestrial communications rules and it has never been changed for satellites.
On digital EME modes, for example, the 4 digits is the standard worldwide and on cw EME is often not used.
The real question is why do we have to we have to transmit our locator:
-locators awards (4 digits are enough) -to beam the station (6 digits are more precise)
Considered that we are beaming a satellite or the moon.... I think the second answer has not to be considered
73 Fabio F5VKV
On 17 Feb 2016, at 08:20, Juan Antonio Fernandez ea4cyq@gmail.com wrote:
I can´t understand it. My thinking:
Any award needs 6 digits
Time on SATs is limited, Why to waste it trying to understand something
useless
Other places, such as USA, only use 4 digits from years
To wrap up, all are advantages
Anybody knows some reason why should we follow using 6 digits?
If there is not a strong reason, I think we should start using 4 digits
Juan Antonio
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