[VHFcontesting] FT4

[Ed Parish]

We (W2SZ) didn't see any FT4 at all on 6M and made 2 Qs on FT4 on 2M.
Switching between WSJT and SSB/CW on 6M was much easier this contest.  In
June on 6M I used two radios and two computers. This was okay but still
required some "thinking " on the part of the operator. This contest, the
integration of WSJT and N1MM seemed to work better. I used one radio and
one computer. The only thing I had to do was kill the N1MM decode window
when I wanted to switch back to analog. Logging was fine and dupe checking
worked. Had rig control and audio DVK from computer sound card. Pretty easy
setup and operation.  Just no propagation.

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 09:25 Stu <stu at stu2labs.com> wrote:

> I haven't posted our score to 3830, yet, but wanted to get these
> questions out to the group this morning. What happened to FT4? We didn't
> hear any activity at W4IY on Flagpole Knob. (FM08)
>
> Since our group is getting older, we downsized by using KM4KMU's jeep
> mounted antennas and a single radio for 6, 2 and 432 in our club
> trailer. Set up and tear down took much less time than normal. We left
> by 11:00 on Monday morning! Cell phone and Internet service was spotty,
> so we didn't take advantage of the chat pages or cell phone calls for
> skeds.
>
> This brings me to my second question. What kind of strategies did you
> use to change bands and modes? Sunday morning brought fantastic ducting
> to the NW and we took advantage of it as long as we could using SSB and
> CW. But, it seems like we got stuck on FT8. It was easy to use and it
> was a pain to stop/start WSJT when switching modes. (We used N1MM).
>
> On the plus side - FT8 allowed all of our participants to get on the
> air! That's the first time ever for our group.
>
> I also missed the CW ops during the last hour and the group gathering on
> 144.200 to talk about the contest. Luckily, W3IP was available for the
> post briefing.
>
> 73
>
> Stu2, W7IY
>
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