[ADXA] Odd Experience Last Night

[Scott Branyan]

Hi, John.

It could be an acknowledged flaw in the Auto Sequencing that allows "QSO Hijacking." See the WSTJ-X tips and tricks.
See https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/FT8_Operating_Tips.pdf

Caller might have been trying to contact you because he "needed you," and the sequencing switched callers on you. I believe I've had that happen to me before and also have seen it happening from my call to a DX station coming back to me instead of the caller he was in QSO with. Agast!

If it's consistently happening with other callers, it may be a pirate that figured out how to skirt the system and throw confusion among the ranks. A use can set any callsign as theirs in the settings. 

Just my opinion based on what I've seen, but see what others have to say. 

73 es Happy New Year,

Scott/W5AAJ



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Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2022 11:44 AM
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Subject: [ADXA] Odd Experience Last Night

Last night I had something happen that I haven’t seen before.  I was trying to work SV2RSG/A on 40 meters.  He was in F/H mode.  I got a response in F/H mode but it wasn’t from SV2.  It was a stateside station running F/H mode and it wasn’t a special event station or anything like that.

Was chatting with George WB5JJJ as we were both trying to work Mt Athos.  It was a bit confusing and George helped me figure out what was happening.  Thank you George. I would imagine that there are quite a few stations that were going to be pretty upset with that US station.

Anyone else ever have that happen?

HNY everyone!

John
KT4AC