[TVARC] Ft4 or 8 question

[w3us at casa-aloha.net]

I’d have to look it up, but I believe the a3 relates to a degree of probability in the decode.  In other words, not 100% sure, but this is what the algorithm thinks.

Obviously, that’s in layman's terms.  :-)

73,
Rusty - W3US

> On Jul 1, 2025, at 17:51, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Kym,
> 
> I've seen that before, and I don't know that it means anything.  The only
> data that should follow the -11 should be the station's state or country
> prefix.
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Kym via TVARC
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 5:46 PM
> To: douglas moe via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TVARC] Ft4 or 8 question
> 
> 
> What does a3 mean in the following statement 
> 
> Kq4zoa k2d -11 a3
> 
> Usually my sequence of steps fails at this point for some stations like the
> one above
> 
> Is this something I can resolve or is it a lost connection mid way through
> conversation Kym Lenkus - KQ4ZOA
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