Hello to all VHF ops, especially those that are fooling around with FT8 on 6M. It has come to my attention that the problems with the NA Contest Mode(CM) and the so called "normal" mode of FT8 are st
Well, the obvious solution for FT8 would be to write the program in such a way that it required the op to enter his grid square on setup and that it sent the grid for EVERY QSO, whether it be HF, VHF
Marshall and all IN THE BEFORE TIME It will be 40 years ago in a few months that I got on the air, and I was introduced to VHF meteor scatter. In those days there were NO grids, so contact exchanges
Oh, I forgot one thing 4 digits at a minimum, but for the UHF contest we need 6. Dana VE3DS _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@contesting.com htt
Oh ya, one other thing IT WILL BE 50 YRS AGO. Half a bloody century of this stuff time flies. 73 Dana VE3DS _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontesting@co
Marshall, I've been a long time 6 meter putz level enthusiast. It seems that the best solution would be to politely ask the WSJT team if there is a way to idiot proof the program so that if someone
Um. No. Nothing else in amateur radio is "idiot-proofed" why a particular piece of software? If an op is education-proof which, granted, is a growing problem generally not just in radio, then just do
Being a bit of a grump about such things, this was my first thought when I read of the issue. After thinking about it a bit, I realized that the problem is that there may be more folks with a HF+6M r
There is a check box on the front end of WSJT-X NA VHF Contest. When selected it will only exchange grid squares instead of signal reports. Everyone makes mistakes, no one is born a contester. Instea