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Re: [VHFcontesting] Cabrillo mode for a JT65 QSO??

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Cabrillo mode for a JT65 QSO??
From: David Pruett <k8cc@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:44:25 -0400
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Ken,

PSK is not a legitimate Cabrillo mode. According to the published Cabrillo 3.0 specification on the WWROF site, these are the only legitimate Cabrillo modes:

CW
PH
FM
RY

Based on this, even W5ZN's suggestion to show it as SSB (which was almost certainly the mode your transceiver was set for) doesn't comply.

As some have suggested, the mode is not a scoring parameter in the ARRL VHF contest, so perhaps it doesn't matter. In the end, it all boils down to what the ARRL contest robot and the logchecker will accept.

If it were me, I would do like K7CW suggested and change it to RY. Then there can be no argument that it is legitimate Cabrillo data representing a digital mode QSO.

73, Dave/K8CC

On 6/19/2015 10:27 AM, Kenneth Silverman wrote:
We made some JT65 EME QSOs in the June VHF contest.  Is there a correct
mode to use, or is mode irrelevant?  We currently have it marked as PSK.

Many thanks, Kenny K2KW - C6ATA in the contest.
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