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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