[ADXA] FT8 "dupes"

Steven Rutledge steven.t.rutledge at gmail.com
Mon Oct 21 18:00:26 EDT 2024


Same thing happened with me.  I wouldn't worry about it.  Not your/our 
fault.

Steve, N4JQQ

On 10/21/2024 2:00 PM, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I worked 3D2V on FT8 several times since they seem to be on that mode 
> 99% of the time.  I see people criticized for making multiple contacts 
> on FT8 but this tells the tale, at least for this group.  I was shown 
> with 4 contacts on 30M, but they were all within the space of 4 seconds.
>
> People say it is because they don't receive your report or other 
> similar things, but that wouldn't account for this. It's some kind of 
> strangeness in the software they use, and I'll give them the benefit 
> of the doubt and assume it is inadvertent.  However, it sure makes 
> your QSO counts misleading.  There are not really dupes, just this 
> group counting one good contact as four.
>
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
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