[VHFcontesting] Signals on 6M and 2M at the same time??

Marshall-K5QE k5qe at k5qe.com
Wed Jun 13 20:21:34 EDT 2018


Hi again Alex....I am not sure that I am correct on that.  I would 
suggest that someone research this carefully and report back to the 
group.  Since we are a Multi-op, that particular rule does not apply here.

73 Marshall

On 6/12/2018 10:33 PM, Alex wrote:
> Hi Marshall,
>
> That's interesting. Thanks for pointing that out.
>
> I do hope that there is a willingness by the software developers to 
> consider making changes for operating FT8 on the VHF bands. Signal 
> reports are mostly meaningless anyway IMHO.
>
> Contest was good. I hope the same goes for you, too.
>
> 73,
> --Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2018, at 9:46 PM, Marshall-K5QE <k5qe at k5qe.com 
> <mailto:k5qe at k5qe.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Alex....I believe that it is now legal to have one signal on 6M
>     and another one on 2M.  You just can't have two signals on the
>     same band.
>
>     I hope that you had a good contest....
>
>     73 Marshall
>
>     On 6/12/2018 7:32 AM, Alex wrote:
>>     I thought it was a lot better than in previous contests. Sure
>>     there were some folks not using the contest mode, but I'm just
>>     glad they are there at all and I'll switch modes and work them. I
>>     can't get upset over it.
>>
>>     Now, there is something that can be done in the software. Have it
>>     check if it's a VHF contest weekend and have it only operate in
>>     contest mode on FT8 on the VHF bands on those weekends (or nights
>>     for the sprints). :-) Or only have it only operate in contest
>>     mode on VHF at all.
>>
>>     I too ran SO2R with FT8 on 6 on one rig, and with the other radio
>>     on two meters looking for contacts, making sure I only had one tx
>>     signal at any time.
>>
>>     73,
>>     --Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)
>>
>>     These kind of gripes remind me of the
>>
>>     On 2018-06-11 23:08, Joel Harrison wrote:
>>>     As a Single Op, my observation is in line with Marshall's.
>>>
>>>     I ran an SO2R set up on 6 meters with one radio dedicated to
>>>     FT-8 on 50.313.
>>>
>>>     73 Joel W5ZN
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