[OFARC] ft8 question

[dxon20 at gmail.com]

Hi Ralph,

The "RU" in the CQ call line is to let listeners know they are calling CQ for the ARRL RTTY RoundUp Contest that was this past weekend.  It was the first contest that had FT8 as an official mode.

The reply you received was the official exchange for the contest. The 549 was your signal report, formatted in traditional CW style.  MI was the state he was operating from. State, Provence and country are used in calculating the score.

They really should not have been using the RTTY RoundUp contest exchange on the normal FT8 frequencies.  There were different frequencies used for the contest.

By the way, I made 320 FT8 contacts during the contest.

Larry - KB5WWW


-----Original Message-----
From: ofarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <ofarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Ralph
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 5:51 PM
To: OFARC <ofarc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OFARC] ft8 question

last week i noticed some stations using "RU" on the CQ line

for example

  CQ RU KB1EFS FN42  U.S.A.

when I answered, he sent

  KE5HDF K8EET 549 MI


What is the "RU" about??

I have not found it as an abbreviation, contest exchange, or in the FT8 manual.


Thanks,

Ralph

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