Topband: FT-8 Contest would be great for Topband

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

FT4 is not allocated on 160 for some reason.  If the contest were to use 
Grids then supporting a new contest should be quite simple.

W0MU

On 1/10/2020 7:11 PM, DXer wrote:
> >>I thought  there  was a contest  version  of  FT-8  coming
> out  soon ?   I  forget  what  it  was to  be  labeled  as.
>
> The current version of WSJT-X supports the following contests:
>
> NA VHF Contest;
> EU VHF Contest;
> ARRL Field Day, technically not a contest;
> RTTY Roundup.
>
> To activate contesting 'mode', click on File -> Settings -> Advance 
> tab -> Check the Special operating activity box -> select the contest.
>
> I'll let others with more FT8 contesting experience 'chime in', but 
> the easist way to implement the Topband FT8 Contest would be to use 
> the same exchange as the RU. Anything different than what is currently 
> supported would require programming additions to the WSJT-X code.
>
> JTDX does not support contests. MSHV may not support them either, but 
> I'm not sure.
>
> I won't mention WSJT-Z for obvious reasons. LOL
>
> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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