[CQ-Contest] Mixed Digital Modes in HF Contests

[Joe]

How about contact the JSCALL gang to see if they would like to work up 
what is needed to make it like MTTY is for RTTY in N1MM+?

JSCALL already is anything goes in the message. it is like PSK-31, you 
can even chat with it yet it uses the FT-8 and maybe 4? transmissions.

https://groups.io/g/js8call

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On 1/13/2020 10:03 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> Those are my sentiments entirely.
>
> FT4 is only broken because of the UI, not the mode.  A better UI for 
> FT4 would solve a LOT of problems.  The sooner somebody comes up with 
> one the better.
>
> Mixing modes in the same contest, whether it is mixing RTTY and FTx or 
> mixing FT8 and FT4, is simply a very bad idea.  The confusion and 
> disruption it causes does nothing at all to advance FTx as a viable 
> contest mode.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
> On 1/13/2020 10:34 AM, Ron Koenig wrote:
>> If FT-4 had actually been released as a Contest Mode most of the issues
>> would not exist.  Sadly, it was not and because of it there is a mess.
>> You have cross sections of people that will NOT log if they don't get a
>> RR73 (They even refused to log With RR73 when they wanted RRR and 
>> then 73)
>> lots of these people are Causal ops in the contests, the NIL's are
>> intentional.
>> You have people answering Contest CQ's that are not in Contest mode (If
>> FT-4 was a Contest Mode, that would not be possible) Of course, Neither
>> side can properly log these as the exchange cannot be made... Some 
>> force it
>> to log.... NIL
>> FT-4 is very picky about time, many Many Q's go into a loop of repeats
>> because one or both ops time has shifted a 10th, or QSB has pushed the
>> signal down just enough. Often, after wasting several cycles, one 
>> side will
>> force it to log.... NIL
>> I am a fan of the FT-Modes for contesting, I have high hopes that 
>> someone
>> will develop software that makes it work.
>> I am Not a fan of FT-X in RTTY RU, or any other "Mixed" contest... It
>> simply causes confusion, lowers QSO counts and causes people to make 
>> Silly
>> claims that their FT-X rate rivaled RTTY...
>>
>> Ron, WV4P
>
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