[VHFcontesting] FT8 and the ARRL June VHF Contest

[Michael Rapp]

I'm very new to VHF Contesting.  I discovered NA Contest mode via
Marshall's article the day before the contest by Googling, "how to do VHF
contesting with FT8."  I ran a very relaxed effort (dipole in attic) and
did FT8 on six meters exclusively.  For me it was so much fun to watch the
Es situation change hour-by-hour over the US with so many stations on.

Most of the stations I encountered were using contest mode.  A few weren't,
and it did take some quick clicking to reset WSJT-X back to "funny number
mode."  :)  Ironically for me, I saw K5QE on my waterfall several times,
but he couldn't hear (see?) me.  I wanted to show that even someone so new
to this can do contest mode!  :D

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