[CQ-Contest] FT8 not allowed in Winter Field Day?

[Radio K0HB]

That makes good sense to me.

Communications modes in an emergency situation must be able to carry a
payload of information.  The mode must be robust enough to carry a payload
beyond “R-17” and “RR73”.

73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™




On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 15:38 Sean Waite <waisean at gmail.com> wrote:

> One comment that was suggested in a thread elsewhere was that Field Day is
> about being able to test out our ability to deploy in "emergency"
> situations. FT8 cannot really be used in this type of situation because of
> it's limited vocabulary.
>
> Sean WA1TE
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:44 PM Neil Johnson via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > Just curious as to why the sudden rules change?
> >
> > https://www.winterfieldday.com/rules
> >
> > D-Star and Fusion contacts are allowed why not FT8?
> >
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