[CQ-Contest] follow up question to call for ARRL Digi stories

[Stanley Zawrotny]

Jeff,

I used GridTracker to monitor the band that I was working.  It’s not an alternative to WSJT-X, but is a popular add-on. There are a number of features that aided in the contest. Just a couple are:

-  The map of all the grids that WSJT-X was reporting. This would show in what direction the band was currently active and which countries were being heard. It would alert me early to shifts from Europe to new calls from the Far East and Oceania. I could visually see where the action was.

-  In another window, it would show a list of all the calls, with accompanying information such as continent, country, state, grid, who they we’re currently (or last) working, signal strength, etc. that list could be filtered several ways such as new calls, not my DXCC, etc. The list could be sorted on any column. I sometimes sorted on signal strength to show the strongest stations first. I would filter out calls already worked. Double clicking on a call would activate it in WSJT-X. 

Also, it’s not involved in making contacts, but I had a window open for Online Scoreboard.  It enabled me to see how my club and I were doing against the competition. This provided much needed motivation when things got slow near the end of the contest. 

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Jun 7, 2022, at 8:18 AM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am noticing postings where people refer to FT software that is not WSJT-X.
> 
> If you did use something other than WSJT-X, if you could please share with
> me what software you did use and why you chose that.
> 
> I'll compile them as part of my QST writeup. Thanks - jeff wk6i
> 
> 
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