[Moon-net] 3XT1

[Joe Taylor]

Hi Ben,

SM6CKU wrote:
> Hej
> I read about the upcoming DXpedition to 3XT1 and I see there are special instructions how to work them on 2m.
> See http://members.cox.net/aa7a/3XT1_EME.htm
> Special settings are required for WSJT and I am curious about why these are needed?
> Anyone?
> 73 de Ben

Standard amateur radio callsigns consist of a one- or 
two-character prefix, at least one of which must be a 
letter, followed by a digit and a suffix of one to three 
letters.  The character group 3XT1 violates this convention 
and is therefore handled within JT65 as plain text.

The link you provided has all the necessary information.  No 
special settings are required; you need only to understand 
that any message containing the group 3XT1 will be 
transmitted as plain text.  In the JT65 protocol, plain text 
messages are limited to 13 characters.  This is enough for 
3XT1 and any standard callsign, but not enough to include 
also a Maidenhead grid locator.

	-- 73, Joe, K1JT