Hello everyone...while testing our new FT8 station today, I noticed that
a very large number of people were still sending the "funny little
numbers". Now I know that we are not in the contest yet, but I want to
remind everyone that in the contest, we need GRIDS not +02. I saw a lot
of folks that were answering calls by sending K5QE K3XYZ +02 as their
first transmission. This it Tx2 if you are not using the contest mode.
SO, I never got a grid from K3XYZ, because he never sent one.
PLEASE, PLEASE, please be sure to use the NA Contst Mode in the
contests. If you don't, a LOT of contacts will be fouled and a lot of
points lost. When one station uses the contest mode and the other one
does not, the software does not handle it well and contacts do NOT
proceed properly.
I would invite you to read an article that I wrote on this for ARRL some
months ago. The link is:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9l5oeiir4inn4x6/Contesting%20and%20Digital%20Modes.doc?dl=0
There is some dated information there as Joe has updated the program a
bit since that was written, but the main points are still valid. IN a
contest, we need GRIDS.....please be sure that you are sending yours.
Thanks es GL in the contest....
Marshall K5QE
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