[TVARC] FT8 and Field Day Operation

[Daniel McKinney]

Great idea!

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:22 AM <k2te at juno.com> wrote:

> I've been playing with the FT8 program and finally figured out how it can
> be used for Field Day.  The "73" message at the end of a QSO can be
> customized with other messages.  I entered "CQ FD K4VRC" and "K4VRC 1A
> NFL" and saved these messages.  When selected, the program sends them
> like any normal transmission.  The messages are within the 13 character
> field limit.
>
> When using them and someone calls, you have to be careful to select
> "K4VRC 1A NFL" to answer the station.  If not, the program will
> automatically scroll to a report.  It will also end with the normal "73"
> message, i.e. not the field day exchange.
>
> Hope this helps for demonstrating FT8.
>
> 73 de Ed
>
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