For some reason, FT4 just has not taken off like FT8, maybe money see
monkey do?!?!? When you can find folks on FT4, it is much faster but still
not as fast as cw/SSB.
Terry Price - W8ZN
Directive Systems and Engineering
703-754-3876
On Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 9:37 AM jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed fewer people on 50 MHz MSK144 Sunday morning of the contest as
> well. With FT8, you would often get the infamous "One and Done" decodes of
> stations on meteor scatter. It is difficult to complete a contact. These
> may have been completed on MSK144.
>
> John, KF0M was on 50 MHz FT4 in the June VHF contest and found it much
> better than FT8. Less QRM and higher rate.
>
>
> *
> Jon N0JK
>
>
> >I echo KO9A's post on 3830. Meteor Scatter activity on MSK144 seemed to
> be sharply down during the ARRL VHF weekend, especially on 2m. I wish
> people who insist on staying on FT8 would discover the excitement of this
> interactive mode.
>
> Somehow, FT4 has become a forgotten mode in recent years.? It is a much
> better mode for making QSOs when QSB is at play, whether it is Es or
> distant tropospheric conditions. Majority of the distant QSOs are made when
> signals finally appear out of the noise for a short period of time. Then
> they disappear until the next cycle. Maybe, aircraft scatter is at play
> more than we know.
> Peter
>
>
>
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