[NLRS] FT8 and a work around in contests

[Dave Fugleberg]

Long time no see, Carl!
Fire up that 736 even without FT8- some of us will still make a Q or two
the old fashioned way!
Dave
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:52 AM carl at esteys.net <carl at esteys.net> wrote:

>
>
> You all should be ashamed of yourselves!  Your enthusiasm for FT8 is
> contagious and will get me back on VHF/UHF.
>
> The gear FT-736 with 6, 2, and 70-cm modules + solid-state amplifiers and
> antennas are all still there so I need to add rig control to my shack
> laptop.  The laptop has HRD so maybe all I need is to add WSJT-X.
>
> Thanks for providing the encouragement.
>
> Carl WA0CQG
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
> > On Jun 14, 2018, at 9:05 AM, home at warrenferber.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I used FT8 exclusively during the contest.  In the few hours I had
> available this past weekend I only heard 2 signals on CW, all sending
> faster than I can copy, and 0 SSB signals.
> > The band was open for me using FT8.
> >
> > I learned a couple of things about FT8 that may help in September.
> > When you receive a response from someone NOT running in NA VHF Contest
> mode you have the ability to "force" the correct response.  Instead of
> being stuck in a loop of you sending R and your grid, they respond with
> call and signal report, just click on the TX4 message button.  This
> defaults to RRR and will trigger that response from their app, and you can
> move on to the next contact.
> >
> > After the contest - I read the manual - and learned that double clicking
> the TX4 message button will bring up an alternative response.  It changes
> that RRR message to RR73.  This basically will end the sequence with the
> current station and make the CQ message the next one that you will send.
> > This shrinks the message exchange from 4 to only 3.  Saves at least 30
> seconds per contact, which adds up.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Warren - WF0T
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