[VHFcontesting] Field Day, FT 8 and Six Meters

[Scott Armstrong]

Remember you can setup any frequency you chose in the software and are not
restricted to what comes out of the box when it is installed.

I thought it was decided that  .323 was the was the inter-continental DX
frequency not an over flow for domestic QSOs and contests.

Why would one want an alternate FT8 watering hole for a contest  or general
purposes QSOs 10 kHz away?
It would make more sense to pick frequencies every 3kHz i.e..  .310,.313,
316 or something like that. Someone with a rig capable of a bandwidth say
between 3 and 5 kHz  would get some overlap with the adjacent channel and
could monitor and decode QSOs there as well.

-Scott AA5AM




On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 5:39 AM Buddy Morgan <beamar at aol.com> wrote:

> 50.323, it is in the software.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Armstrong <aa5am at vntx.net>
> To: Buddy Morgan <beamar at aol.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jun 16, 2019 4:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Field Day, FT 8 and Six Meters
>
> What is the second FT8 freq. on 6m?
>
> -Scott AA5AM
>
> 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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