Kim - Your point on conditions is pertinent. I think the discussion of the impact that conditions have on contest scores is implicitly included in the discussion of digital modes. FT8 and FT4 in part
James you bring up some good points about the utility of using the digital modes to make contacts when band conditions are flat. I will say for the last several years I have been focusing more on the
I've made this point before, but it's worth repeating. If you're not seriously contesting, run whatever mode makes you happy. If you think you are seriously contesting and you stay on FT8 or what-hav
Reflecting on this a bit more if I suppose if I was truly serious about contesting and wanted the highest possible score for myself I probably wouldn't visit remote areas during contests. I suppose f
Well Mark, you mention using a band scope- if that is an SDR and feeding an SDR app on your computer then you have a spectrum display and a 2nd receiver to listen to the calling freq in between dig s