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1. [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:33:00 +0000 (UTC); FT8Contest modeNOContest modeNOContest ModeNOI love using this program. But we would be better off not using NA contest modeFar to many stations don't and really is slowing things down Herb K2LNS ___; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00065.html (6,747 bytes)
2. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:47:11 -0600; FT8 for contesting this weekend has been a bad joke. Remember this when the band is open... Herb, if you DON"T use contest mode and guys call you with TX2, which is increasingly the way it is, you wi; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00066.html (7,728 bytes)
3. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Pete K0BAK via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 18:15:40 +0000 (UTC); How do you get the grid exchange in a VHF contest without FT8 contest mode enabled? (Learning about FT8, real question.) -- Pete K0BAK FT8Contest modeNOContest modeNOContest ModeNOI love using this p; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00067.html (8,092 bytes)
4. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 18:17:09 +0000; If you answer their CQ, they gave their grid in their CQ. You answer with your grid, and both grids have been exchanged. 73 John AF5CC _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting ma; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00068.html (8,573 bytes)
5. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com>; Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 22:37:05 -0500; HI everyone...but if they answer YOUR CQ, they most likely will answer with Tx2, which does NOT contain their grid. This is why things get really screwed up and why the contest mode needs to be used; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00071.html (9,464 bytes)
6. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Alex <alex@kr1st.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:25:20 -0400; Hi Marshall, Even though I agree with you, the problem on 313 is that not everyone, perhaps even most stations, are not in the contest. Folks just want to work DX or make casual contacts. Perhaps the; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00072.html (9,521 bytes)
7. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Robie Elms <ruler55@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 08:43:05 -0500; Alex, My experience was similar to yours. I tried to stick to CM but had to switch frequently. CQ WW was no help. I ended up doing what ever it took to make the QSO. Robie - AJ4F ____________________; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00073.html (9,825 bytes)
8. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Douglas Dever <dougdever@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:56:28 -0400; Most people on 313 probably didn't even realize there was a contest, they just saw a bunch of spots and assumed the band was open. CQ WW VHF doesn't have the sort of awareness that the ARRL contests; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00075.html (11,456 bytes)
9. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Rhinosix via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:06:03 -0400; No problems with frequency/ mode type exchanges for SSB on 50.125+ to 50.200 In the mid Hudson valley of NY. Ops should not park on 50.125 when the band is open, check to see if the band is open. The; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00076.html (11,326 bytes)
10. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:49:28 -0600; ^^^ THIS, I believe, is a big part of this weekends problem. The only reason I can think this is the case is that 6M is overrun (yes, a strong word, but it's kind of true) by HF-centric op's who swoo; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00078.html (10,895 bytes)
11. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:20:36 -0400; Really? I have many hundreds of European stations in my log on 6 meter CW over more than a ten year period without grids. Most of the time the exchange was call sign, RST report, R, 73. This is what; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00079.html (9,728 bytes)
12. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:25:20 -0500; I was talking to Don, AC5D, after the contest last night, and we came to much of the same conclusion, that many ops on .313 probably didn't realize that there was a contest going on, they just saw th; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00080.html (13,892 bytes)
13. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Keith Morehouse <w9rm@calmesapartners.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:41:32 -0600; Yes - really. All I can suggest is that they didn't care what your grid square was, since you are in the 1st call area, which on 6M, might as well be a suburb of EU In W9 land, they certainly wanted; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00081.html (10,194 bytes)
14. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:45:31 -0300; I don't use FT-8* (nor will I likely ever), but all the complaining in the world here or any other Internet forum will not do you fellas any good. "the guy calling you is in a contest and wants your; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00082.html (8,282 bytes)
15. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:28:57 -0600 (MDT); +1 73 Jonesy W3DHJ -- <pre> Marvin L Jones | W3DHJ | W3DHJ | https://W3DHJ.net/ Pueblo, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | __ linux FreeBSD 38.238N 104.547W | jonz.net | DM78rf | 73 SK _________________________; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00083.html (8,497 bytes)
16. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:04:04 -0400; Maybe that's the difference. I believe others would tell the same story. I recall K1TOL running Europeans with grids rarely exchanged - hence he was often trying to track down grids for stations work; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00084.html (11,484 bytes)
17. Re: [VHFcontesting] OMG (score: 1): Author: N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:09:00 -0400; I have no dog in this fight, but IMO that's not going to fix it, for two reasons. As others have noted, many are using the JTDX software, which as far as I know doesn't have NA contest mode. After a; /archives//html/VHFcontesting/2018-07/msg00085.html (8,417 bytes)

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