[CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results

[Timo Klimoff]

I operated in RU some qsos each FT4, FT8 and RTTY and I have also operated all these modes in the past.
I am using >100W and modest Windom antenna at 12mH.

FT8 = very good weak signal mode but qso rates are very slow, WSJT-X has its problems in the contest mode
FT4 = very fast qsos, smooth operating when everything goes well but very poor mode for weak signals. On FT4 many stations I receive with + reports are not responding at all. This almost never happens on FT8.
RTTY = solid mode, the rates are higher than in FT8 and FT4 combined when bands are open. DX qsos are harder than on FT8.

Now the current rules (3 digi modes) spread the activity too much. Working RTTY and FTx in the same contest is not the logging-wise straightforward either.

73, Timo OH1NOA

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> If Ft4 is faster than RTTY why did all of the RU winners make so few FTx(so
> called digital) QSOs?
> 
> BTW I thought RTTY was a digital mode.
> 
> John KK9A  (W4AAA in 2020 Roundup - 100% RTTY QSOs)
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