[VHFcontesting] A comment for those turning in their mics due to FT8

[Mark Spencer]

I seem to recall seeing something along these lines last year.   The point of the message sent via Ft8 seemed obvious to me at the time.

73

Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Jan 19, 2021, at 12:08 PM, Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> We use TX5: 432.174? The other station replys in TX5, with something like QSY 432.174. Seems to work.
> Buddy WB4OMG
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave <kdcarlso at gmail.com>
> To: Alex <alex at kr1st.com>
> Cc: wa2teo--- via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 19, 2021 2:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] A comment for those turning in their mics due to FT8
> 
> Alex, I think you are unknowingly highlighting one of the
> largest complaints. There is no easy way to get people to move up the
> bands. When we make contact on voice, before we are done I ask for other
> bands and we work through them. On FT8 there is no great way to do that. I
> worked a lot of stations on 6m & 2m FT8 that I should have been able to
> work through 70cm and maybe even 23cm. There was no way to coordinate that
> without having their number or being on a chat page.
> 
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