Hi Marshall,
Good advice by your friend. Remember, part of the audience you are
addressing grew up with 140 character limits, and "tl;dr" is an
appropriate excuse. ;-)
The other day I was operating some FT8 on 6 and noticed that more
operators were using the contest mode now. I had to switch messages just
as much as during a contest, which may not be a bad thing. I'm starting
to think, too, that "Only grids, all the time, on VHF" is the way to go.
73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21)
On 2018-06-20 23:12, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
Hello my fellow VHFers.....A friend sent me this request.....
Marshall, your writing is a good complete explanation, but too long
for the short attention span crowd that has infested FT8. Need to
write it in 6 short sentences that can be read in 15 seconds....
I sent him back the following:
1)VHF operators exchange GRIDS not -02 or 59, even in casual operating
2)VHF Contests require the exchange of GRIDS
3)The NA Contest Mode guarantees that GRIDS are properly exchanged in
a contest AND it takes less time
4)Any Questions??
While this is only semi-serious, IF we could somehow get this widely
published to the folks who need it, that would solve a lot of issues.
73 Marshall K5QE
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