[GCARC] AB2E/VP9 30m FT8 now

Agustin Neron Properties LLC ab2e at comcast.net
Fri May 26 14:03:45 EDT 2023


THanks for info Frank, I'll check it out when I get time!
CU at FD,
73
Darrell AB2E/VP9
> On 05/26/2023 2:01 PM EDT Frank Romeo <frank at execupages.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> GCARC has a discord setup: https://discord.gg/Tbag46mV
> 
> We did experiment with Slack but quickly outgrew their free plan.
> 
> 73
> Frank N3PUU
> 
> ---
> 
> 
> On 2023-05-26 13:57, Jim n2gxj wrote:
> > Anyone can bring up any new business at next club meeting.  Next club
> > meeting is back at Pfiefer center on June 7.  Will you be back by then?
> > Not sure if is widely known, but we also use Slack.  Or should I say 
> > the
> > "skunkworks" group uses Slack. Feel free to talk about at club meeting.
> > 
> > On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 1:54 PM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
> > ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hey Jim,
> >> Who would handle new business for the club meeting?
> >> FRC uses a nifty chat room app called Slack. It's lot's of fun and it
> >> could be a place for the club members to meet and discuss things in 
> >> real
> >> time without waiting for the reflector mail. Just a thought.
> >> TonyK3TS uses it in FRC too,
> >> 83 Darrell AB2E
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 05/26/2023 1:44 PM EDT Jim n2gxj <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> @Darrel,have you considered something faster than FT8, like FT4?
> >> I used FT4 (on the default FT4 frequency for each band) in last year 
> >> field
> >> day, and got much higher qso count/hour.
> >> Also kept me on my toes!  FT8 is like watching paint drying sometimes
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 9:41 PM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
> >> ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hi all,
> >> I got K2MEN and N2GXJ in the log on 17m earlier tonight.
> >> Who will be next?
> >> 
> >> I'm on 30m FT8 now, seems like endless demand on FT8,
> >> But it's slow going.
> >> I'll show you my screen shots of the FT8 pileups and why they seem so
> >> slow.
> >> I call CQ once and have maybe 30 callers. The screen is total red with
> >> callers!
> >> 
> >> 73 to all,
> >> Darrell AB2E/VP9
> >> 
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