[VHFcontesting] Field Day, FT 8 and Six Meters

[John Geiger]

In addition, remember to be on contest mode.  There were quite a few
stations I worked in the contest last weekend who weren't using contest
mode.  I was able to complete QSOs with some, but couldn't with some others
due to the mismatch of modes.

73 John W5TD

On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 12:54 PM Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> It appears that every radio club, in the country is going to have FT 8
> stations, for Field Day, this year. The Lakeland (Florida) Amateur Radio
> Club asked me to "handle" the 6M FT 8 station. Something that I noticed, in
> last week's VHF Contest is that people were operating FT 8 and totally
> neglecting CW and to a certain extent, SSB. Even with NA Contest mode, you
> can still make contacts much faster using CW. When signals get strong,
> switch from FT 8 to CW. This will help everybody's score. Also, remember
> there are two 6M FT 8 frequencies. During the VHF Contest, everybody was on
> .313.
>
> Buddy WB4OMG
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