[SECC] FT-8 in VHF Contest

[Hal Kennedy]

I'm with Cort and Lee....although I will participate.  Ill be on CW and SSB.

I don't see FT-8 as a contest mode.  Contesting is about getting stations
in the log as fast as you can, as accurately as you can.  With FT-8 the
speed is the speed of the protocol...the accuracy is 100%.  This is
contesting?  Granted there is some skill involved with knowing when the
band will open, etc....but if you jump-out the transmit time-out, you can
turn the computer on and come back 24 hours later and see how "you" did.

I use FT-8 for help with grids and DXCC - it is a weak signal mode.  It's
not a contest mode.
Now off the soapbox....

73
Hal N4GG
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