The results writeup for the January 2019 VHF Contest are now on line: < https://contests.arrl.org/ContestResults/2019/Jan-VHF-2019-FinalFullResults.pdf The digital modes, in particular FT8, played a
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:16:49 +0000 (UTC)
I dont do just FM, I work W4IY multi op PH and Digital every June...... I dont like being on FT8 but when the sporadic e is gone, running is fruitless and we have worked everything on the band scope
I haven't done a lot of FT8 operating but I am curious about something. The higher you go in bands, the more likely that there is jitter and drift in the signal. At 24 GHz I have some drift in my sig
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:10:35 +0000 (UTC)
Zack Good points. FT8 may not be useful above 1296 without adding some significant bandwidth as frequency goes up. If it could be made to work up there it provides an enticing opportunity for those
I think this makes the assumption that the FT8 op's primary motivation is setting a high score, and I don't think we can make that assumption. You might suggest it's silly to compete if you're not t
Author: John Young via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:59:47 +0000 (UTC)
Chris, I agree. We all set objectives and work towards them. When I run FM the objective is winning. For W4IY this June the objective was test and tune. If W4IY goes out in Sept the objective wil
Zack, Fair question. And please remember there are a number of modes in the WSJT-X suite. They are there for a reason. Right now we are focused in this thread on FT8 but as we go up the bands, other