[CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results.

[rjairam at gmail.com]

Hi Vince,

The problem with software versions has been largely mitigated as the old
protocol with 1.x is now obsolete and incompatible with 2.x so upgrades
were essentially forced. 1.9 had the old 75 bit protocol whereas 2.x has 77
bits when they added fox/hound mode and a few extra flags for things like
rovers. RR73 being accepted as completion by auto sequence was done well
before that. It was practice among some before. RR73 is a grid square
nobody really goes to, so it works.

73
Ria,N2RJ

On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 3:31 PM DXer <hfdxmonitor at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is certainly a big part of the problem, and as implied, not caused
> by the contest.
>
> Some may still be using old versions of the software that won't pick up
> the sequence from the RR73. Others are on a mission to enforce their
> standards, like here on the list, they are hams too after all. LOL
>
> I have actually tested this in the past. I have on occasion 'fed' the
> other guy with RR73 for a few cycles, then changed to the 'standard
> definition', and the contact completes right away. Yes, propagation may
> have been a factor once, maybe twice, no... make that three times plus,
> but not always.
>
> Being a 'live and let live' kind of a guy, I let them do what they want,
> and I do what I want. I have 'enjoyed' some loooong incomplete contacts
> since adopting this behaviour. ROTFLM
>
> What a great hobby!!!!
>
> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
>
> On 2020-01-12 15:14, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> > That whole problem has to do with what constitutes a completed contact.
> >
> > Some insist on a 73 both ways. I get NIL from quite a few in regular FT8
> > (non contest) as they insist on the final additional 73. I usually use
> > RR73 which saves a sequence and thus 15-30 seconds.
>