[VHFcontesting] FT8 vs FT4

[Ed K1EP]

I found .313 rather crowded at times. I saw some activity on .323, but I
did try FT4. I was surprised at how much activity there was there compared
to previous contests. I think I had about 100Qs on FT4 with some DX too.

reply to: K1EP at arrl.net

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 22:19 John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Herb,
>
> Your experience was the opposite of mine.  I tuned over to 50.318 quite a
> few times and found very little activity.  I think I made 1 or 2 FT4 QSOs
> in the contest.  Everything else was on FT8 where .313 was packed with
> activity.  I much prefer FT4 in contesting due to its quicker exchanges.
> Wish more people would use it in contests.  It seems to be catching on for
> HF contesting, but not for VHF contesting as much.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 12:17 AM Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > Last evening in the contest I was amazed to see how many ops had switched
> > to FT4I ran stations for 3 hoursSo tonight I'm listening on 313 and it's
> > packedNothing on the FT4 freqWhen will people start using a speed mode
> vs a
> > snail mode73Herb K2LNS
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