[CQ-Contest] Mixed Digital Modes in HF Contests

[Jeff Clarke]

Agree Ed.  There are many more entries in traditional CW/SSB contests 
sponsored by ARRL and CQ than a FT8 contest. If this mode was so great 
then why did so few people use it in the ARRL RTTY Roundup a couple 
weekends ago? If you don't believe me then check the 3830 claimed 
scores. If the hardcore digital guys were mostly on RTTY in one of the 
bigger digital contests of the year that's very telling.

BTW I'm not anti-digital. I operated some in the RU and get on FT8 
regularly from home since there doesn't seem to be much other activity 
on the bands during non-contesting periods. I even operated some FT8 on 
my annual trip to Bonaire for CQWW DX CW back in November.

Jeff

On 1/14/2020 06:22 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> Respectfully, one contest does not "a growing segment of contesting" make.
>
> Lets see what the trend line is after 2 or 3 years to proclaim it's a growing segment.
>
> The DX side is inarguable.  The contest side, not so much.
>
> 73
>
> Ed  N1UR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of rjairam at gmail.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 2:47 PM
> To: Jeff Clarke
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Mixed Digital Modes in HF Contests
>
> Do what I do and enable conversations in your email software. This way each
> topic is separated.
>
> The digital topics in my opinion are just as important as they represent a
> growing segment of contesting.
>
> Ria
> N2RJ
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
>
>>     Isn't there a digital contest reflector this discussion could be
>> taken to?  Recently FT8 seems to have been monopolizing this reflector.
>>
>>     Thanks, Jeff  KU8E
>>
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