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Re: [VHFcontesting] FT4

To: Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FT4
From: Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:55:38 -0500
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My claimed score from EL29:
Band Mode QSOs Pts Grd Pt/Q 50 FT4 9 9 7 1.0 50 FT8 267 267 132 1.0 50 USB
50 50 24 1.0 Total Both 326 326 163 1.0 Score: 53,138

Chuck W5PR

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 12:24 PM Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
wrote:

> Hi I am curious to hear from anyone who used FT4 during the CQ VHF
> contest.   I don't recall seeing any activity on the 50 MHz FT4 frequency
> on my band scope  when I was in CO80 on Saturday, but I may have missed
> some activity.  I did manage to detect SSB activity on various odd
> frequencies such as 50.150 and worked stations so I believe I was keeping a
> reasonable eye on things (:
>
> I sort of enjoyed watching the band scope and changing frequencies from
> time to time but it got rather hot inside the truck in the sun despite the
> cool outside temperatures (below 20 degrees C) but air conditioning helped
> at times at the expense of a somewhat higher noise floor.
>
> 73
>
> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
>
> mark@alignedsolutions.com
> 604 762 4099
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