Hi John...we noticed that last weekend. The newbies and HFers just will
not stop sending the "funny little numbers". Also, you cannot pry them
off FT8, even when signals were very strong. We got two runs on SSB on
Sunday. They were not very long, but they essentially made out score on 6M.
73 Marshall K5QE
On 6/16/2019 6:57 PM, John Geiger wrote:
In addition, remember to be on contest mode. There were quite a few
stations I worked in the contest last weekend who weren't using contest
mode. I was able to complete QSOs with some, but couldn't with some others
due to the mismatch of modes.
73 John W5TD
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 12:54 PM Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
It appears that every radio club, in the country is going to have FT 8
stations, for Field Day, this year. The Lakeland (Florida) Amateur Radio
Club asked me to "handle" the 6M FT 8 station. Something that I noticed, in
last week's VHF Contest is that people were operating FT 8 and totally
neglecting CW and to a certain extent, SSB. Even with NA Contest mode, you
can still make contacts much faster using CW. When signals get strong,
switch from FT 8 to CW. This will help everybody's score. Also, remember
there are two 6M FT 8 frequencies. During the VHF Contest, everybody was on
.313.
Buddy WB4OMG
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