[TVARC] FT8 Question

[Dennis McKinney]

I have noticed it also, but havent tried to decipher the problem. It only
happens now and then. I'll try to be more aware, and make notes...

On Sat, Aug 3, 2019, 07:10 K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed this morning that it appears that my FT8 frequency is changing
> without my input.
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> Here’s a snip from the activity.  I finished with JG1ERW, then called CQ
> on 2676.  All of a sudden, I’m on 494, calling JA1EOD.  I’m thinking he may
> be a “fox,” automatically changing my frequency - but I’m not in “hound”
> mode.  There’s an added complexity in that JA1EOD then immediately starts a
> QSO with K2PSD, a similar callsign, leaving me calling JA1EOD until I
> realized something was amiss.  This is the second time this occurred this
> morning.  I thought somehow I must have changed it in a senior moment, but
> when it happened again…
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> Is this an FT8 bug?  I’m still on 2.0.1, BTW.
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> 73, Pete, K2PS
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