I constantly marvel at how much simpler our lives
have become due to the advances in technology.
Jonesy W3DHJ
On Wed, 20 Jul 2022, n2jmh@frontiernet.net wrote:
> Folks,
>Thanks for the replies. It was the packrats proposal I was looking for.
>CRS happens to everyone right?
>Being away from vhf contesting for almost 20 years some things have
>changed. I came back to pass out a few points but might be beyond that
>already. We will try to stay inline with the vhf community while
>experimenting locally.
>Thanks again,Jim n2jmh
> On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 07:45:34 AM EDT, Buck Calabro
> <kc2hiz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if Jim is looking for the convention that the Pack Rats
> are proposing. That's in the Nov 2021 Cheese Bits newsletter.
>
>http://www.packratvhf.com/attachments/article/1012/Cheese%20Bits%20November%202021.pdf
>73 de kc2hiz
> --buck
>
>On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 at 22:06, Terry Price <terry@directivesystems.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, in the latest version of WSJT-X you can pre-configure a QSY
>> message - but no one uses it and how many folks really know the band
>> to letter. The WSJT folks should have taken that letter and through
>> the GUI had it say, "QSY TO 144 or 432 or whatever. There has always
>> been an open form text in TX5. We have used it to some success but
>> giving the call and QSY frequency.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: VHFcontesting
>> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces+terry=directivesystems.com@contesting.com] On
>> Behalf Of n2jmh@frontiernet.net
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 9:09 PM
>> To: VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Ft8 qsy proposal
>>
>> Gang,
>> Within the last year there was a proposal sent out for qsying on ft8
>> using message 5. It was a basic plan but I didn’t save it. Thought
>> for sure it was going to be implemented into an update but I haven’t
>> seen it. If anyone remembers the proposal can you point me in the
>> direction? If I remember right it used the abcd9e designations and I
>> thought it included ph, ft8 and cw. We are trying some experiments in
>> The Rochester VHF Group to increase activity, no other motives
>> involved.
>> 73 Jim n2jmh
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