Very good points Stan.
I tend to try being funny - especially about things I know little about.
If someone comes up with an FT8 / FT4 pileup trainer, I might actually
learn something, develop some skill and find that exciting.
And, if there is an FT8 / FT4 pileup trainer or contest, maybe we could
have that available for demonstration.
Thanks,
~ Alan K0AV
On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com> wrote:
> You just missed the NAQP SSB contest last week. The next major SSB pileup
> contest will be the CQ Worldwide DX Contest, October 26-27. The ARRL
> Sweepstakes, SSB, is November 15-17.
>
> You shouldn't dismiss FT8/FT4 contests. During the World Wide Digi DX
> Contest August 30-31, there will be some good pileups for ops who actually
> know how to do FT8/FT4. It's challenging when there are three active QSOs
> at the same time. How do you interleave the responses without losing
> someone? It's simple with CW and SSB—you take them one at a time, expecting
> the others to wait. With FTn, you might have multiple QSOs actually active
> at the same time. If you don't reply to each one quickly, they move on to
> someone else. There is no time for sleeping if you are a skilled op. Ops
> who only do S&P might get sleepy trying to break pileups.
>
> Contest ebulliently,
> __________
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM Alan Higbie <alan.higbie@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Our club has been asked by convention organizers to arrange pileup
>> contests
>> for attendees.
>>
>> With stalwart assistance from Chuck, NO5W, we have the the CW pileup
>> contest covered.
>>
>> *But still need to get some leads for an SSB pileup contest. *
>> *Please share anything you might know about this.*
>>
>> (We probably couldn’t do an FT8 pileup contest . . . because of the
>> necessary sleeping arrangements) /s
>>
>> 73, Alan K0AV
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