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In the interest of helping everyone get their
FT4/8 and RTTY game together, we're scheduling an extended
number of practice sessions for both FT4/8 and RTTY. (For
RTTY-only practice, don't forget we also have the NS RTTY on
Thursdays
http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html )
0200-0230 UTC, 28 December (Friday evening NA time)
- RTTY focus
0230-0300 UTC, 28 December (Friday evening NA time)
- FT4/8 focus
0200-0230 UTC, 31 December (Monday evening NA
time) - RTTY focus
0230-0300 UTC, 31 December (Monday evening NA
time) - FT4/8 focus
2200-2230 UTC, 3 January (Friday afternoon NA time)
- RTTY focus
2230-2300 UTC, 3 January (Friday afternoon NA time)
- FT4/8 focus
0200-0230 UTC, 4 January (Friday evening NA time) -
RTTY focus
0230-0300 UTC, 4 January (Friday evening NA time) -
FT4/8 focus
"Focus" just means: let's focus on RTTY or FT for the
30 minutes - but if you want to practice switching back
and forth between RTTY and FT by all means do so. I
expect you'll find others of a like mind, it sounds like
a good exercise.
Operate just like it's the real thing that starts
on Saturday the 4th. Use whatever bands are open and
active for you at each time slot. For FT8, let's avoid
the default "watering holes" - the following dial
frequencies as recommended by Joe K1JT in the January
2019 QST** would be a good starting place: 3590, 7080,
14130, 21130, 28160.
For FT4 - since FT4 is a designated contest mode
anyway - start with the default dial frequencies
currently baked into WSJT-x 2.1: 3575, 7047.5, 14080,
21140, 28180.
Most of all, have fun over the weekend in the RTTY
Round-Up! Take some photos of your operation and send
them and/or a summary of your experience to me, Jeff
WK6I - especially anything around your decisions on how
to use (or not use) FT8. It will help me write up the
contest for the QST article.
73 jeff wk6i
** Below is a link to the article by Joe K1JT for
reference.
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