[TVARC] FT4GL and Club Log

[John Morris]

Don, my experience with FT4GL has been pretty much the same as yours.  I had 4 contacts with them, but only got RR73 on one of the contacts.  Yet, Clublog shows me as having 3 contacts.

To me there is something "not right" about this operation.  We are talking about a single operator who was supposedly going to Glorioso for work purposes, but would squeeze in some hamming whenever work allowed.  But, we see that the man is racking up thousands of contacts a day and, in fact, is on the air 24/7.

You can get an interesting overview of this at:

n0un.net

As we say, WFWL.

73,

John
W4GD



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From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Don Black <donblack at outlook.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:48 AM
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Subject: [TVARC] FT4GL and Club Log


Hello Friends,



I want to share my QSO experience with FT4GL – Glorioso Island.  I was able to work FT4GL Monday and did receive a RR73 which makes this a valid QSO.  Prior to this I did receive a signal report on 2 occasions from FT4GL and replied, but no confirmation,



When I check Club Log, I find 4 QSO’s logged with FT4GL which is more occasions than I have received a signal report from them.



Their latest update states more than 34,000 QSOs in the log with 32% unique.  The unique logs seems a little low to me, but in line with my experience being in Club Log,



FT4GL states the following “Concerning the FT8, its traffic is done only with WSJT, following feedback indicating a problem with validating contacts with the RR73, despite resets of PCs, software, settings… and numerous regular power outages also at origin of some of the problems.”  They had been using MSHV.



The Rebel group has been the worst about not returning a RR73 using MSHV.



Bottom line, I question whether using Club Log can be an indicator of a successful QSO.



I am interested in your thoughts and experiences.



73,

Don WB4CKI
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