[NLRS] FT8 and a work around in contests

[Matt Holden]

The VHF contest mode works well until you attach the /R suffix to your call
sign.
The combination of the VHF contest mode and a compound call sign is a
mess.  If you send DE K0BBC/R 73, when 3 stations are trying to work you,
who is the 73 for?
I ended up sending them all a single R and logging them.  We'll see how bad
the contest scoring software dings us.


73,
Matt Holden KØBBC
Director, Dakota Division, American Radio Relay League
Director, Association of Emergency Radio Organizations
Director, Vice Chair, Metro Skywarn
Deputy Director, Bloomington AUXCOMM

On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 11:26 PM, <home at warrenferber.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> Actually it would still be a good QSO.  The first message in standard and
> NA VHF Contest mode is calls and grid square.  Signal report is the second
> message.  So in the contest we traded calls and grids and the app moved my
> contact to the next message (signal report).  Since that's not needed, RRR
> or RR73 would be my next message.
> FT8 is pretty efficient in that way.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> 73,
>
> Warren - WF0T
>
> --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [NLRS] FT8 and a work
> around in contests
> From: "Doug Reed" <n0nas at amsat.org>
> Date: 6/14/18 5:26 pm
> To: home at warrenferber.com
>
> If they are sending signal reports instead of grid square, you don't
>  have the full contest exchange and its a broken QSO, isn't it? I
>  really need to get WSJTX installed and play with it before Field
>  Day.... :-)
>
>  73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
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