[VHFcontesting] OMG

Marshall-K5QE k5qe at k5qe.com
Sun Jul 22 23:37:05 EDT 2018


HI everyone...but if they answer YOUR CQ, they most likely will answer 
with Tx2, which does NOT contain their grid.  This is why things get 
really screwed up and why the contest mode needs to be used...most 
especially in the contests.....it IS a contest after all.

73 Marshall K5QE

On 7/22/2018 1:17 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> If you answer their CQ, they gave their grid in their CQ. You answer with
> your grid, and both grids have been exchanged.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Pete K0BAK via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> How do you get the grid exchange in a VHF contest without FT8 contest mode
>> enabled?
>>
>> (Learning about FT8, real question.)
>>
>> -- Pete K0BAK
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, July 22, 2018, 11:33:09 AM EDT, Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting <
>> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> FT8Contest modeNOContest modeNOContest ModeNOI love using this program.
>> But we would be better off not using NA contest modeFar to many stations
>> don't and really is slowing things down
>> Herb K2LNS
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