[VHFcontesting] How to order

[Mark Spencer]

I would suggest running these new modes (ie. MSK144, FT8 etc) can be reasonably challenging (especially in a roving / portable setting.) 

73
Mark S
VE7AFZ


Mark Spencer

Aligned Solutions Co.
mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Jan 22, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Keith Morehouse
> <w9rm at calmesapartners.com> wrote:
>> ...or they should count for MORE because they take so bloody long to make.
>> 
>> When the band is open well, I can make 4-5 QSOs per minute on SSB.  The
>> absolute MINIMUM time for a FT8 QSO is 45 seconds and, in reality, it will
> 
> 
> You clearly missed the DXMap site over the weekend - there was a VE6
> making FT8 QSOs on 2m throughout the western US.  It may take a long
> time (like communicating with submerged subs) but that's how and why
> it works.
> 
> If we're going to do distance scoring like in the 222 and Up, we need
> to somehow adjust for mode else everyone will just use the latest mode
> from the Nobel laureate.
> 
> 
> 
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