50 MHz Spring Sprint - 2020
Call: K2UA
Operator(s): K2UA
Station: K2UA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FN12
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 66 Mults = 31 Total Score = 2,046
Club: Rochester VHF Group
Comments:
Band Mode QSOs DX Grid
50 CW 3 409 1
50 FT8 31 32871 18
50 USB 32 36779 12
Total Both 66 70059 31
Score: 70,059
Average distance per QSO is 1061 km. Sporadic E is our friend!
I am extraordinarily disappointed at how much SSB and CW activity FT8 has
siphoned off. The band was wide open but we waste a minute or more working one
station that would be drop-dead easy on SSB. Why? I am stymied.
After CQing for the first 10 minutes on SSB (7 el, 900 W), with only a single
answer, I gave up and went to FT8--where everybody was duking it out. Worked all
I could there by about 0030Z. I got tired of calling stations who never answer,
and was going to turn the radio off and go upstairs. It was that bad. Decided to
go back to SSB and call CQ for a while first, and I'm glad I did. It was slow to
start but ultimately paid off, as the band was still open quite well (especially
to the Gulf Coast, but also as far west as Colorado).
We have to solve this FT8 problem. We have a hole in the boat--really good
operators are bailing as a result. We can't sustain that loss. The only good
solution I've seen is to allow one QSO per mode in VHF contests.
--73, Rus, K2UA
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