Topband: FT-8 Contest would be great for Topband

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

I think the huge FT-8 community would come up with something quickly.  The
potential for a very popular contest is big.   Maybe a website would
eventually be established to aid in the process such as FT-8 160 meter
contesting replete with a checklist of possible preferences,

Let us just do it!

Herb, KV4FZ

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 3:34 PM Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not? I think that an FT8 contest would be a good experiment, at least.
>
> It needs a sponsor(s) and some tentative rules. Any suggestions?
>
> 73, Mike
> W0BTU
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 12:38 PM Herbert Schoenbohm <
> herbert.schoenbohm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know the purists will flame me for this but look at the frequency
>> conservation this would present and look at the activity statistics for
>> only the past couple of hours,
>>
>> AIf the contest was designed well sub-channels could be recommended for
>> the various continents as Stew Perry use to urge for intercontinental QSO's
>> from 1825-1830.
>>
>> Here are the amazing stats for only two hours.
>>
>> Modes over last 2 hours
>> Mode Count
>> FT8 1549146
>> FT4 41733
>> JS8 7895
>> CW 6894
>> [Snip]
>
>