Keep in mind that if you are running 100 W and you are copying 1500 W stations
at -15 dB, there is little chance that you can work them since they have ~10 dB
more power. That was probably why K5QE couldn't hear you.
The same is true of course on CW/SSB, but in modes you copy by ear you often
pick up some subtle clues that the other station is high power (for example
propagation via backscatter can be recognized). One disadvantage of FT8 is that
you miss those clues...everything you know about the signal is reduced to a
single number.
Tor
N4OGW
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On Tue, 6/12/18, Michael Rapp <mdrapp@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FT8 and the ARRL June VHF Contest
To: "VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 2:07 PM
I'm very new to VHF
Contesting. I discovered NA Contest mode via
Marshall's article the day before the
contest by Googling, "how to do VHF
contesting with FT8." I ran a very
relaxed effort (dipole in attic) and
did FT8
on six meters exclusively. For me it was so much fun to
watch the
Es situation change hour-by-hour
over the US with so many stations on.
Most of the stations I encountered were using
contest mode. A few weren't,
and it
did take some quick clicking to reset WSJT-X back to
"funny number
mode." :)
Ironically for me, I saw K5QE on my waterfall several
times,
but he couldn't hear (see?) me.
I wanted to show that even someone so new
to
this can do contest mode! :D
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/*/-=[Michael /
KT5MR]-=/*/
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