[CQ-Contest] FT4 and FT8 Contesting

[RT Clay]

> There are hard liners who will almost seem like they are punishing the other op for not sending a “73.”
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> RR73 was a hack that became official then became standard. RR73 is encoded as a grid square in the software. But it is basically the same as a >shot in the dark - other side won’t always know if you completed. 
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> The old format was more reliable but took a couple of extra cycles.

WSJTX defaults to sending 73's. That (and not some weird idea of  "punishment" :) ) is the main reason many people send them. They install the program and that it what it does by default; so if anything, sending 73 is still the official standard. 

There is also no obvious setting in the program to switch it to use RR73. You have to find the hidden "double click on TX4" feature to switch.

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