I must agree FT8 and MSK144 are great for
making distant contacts especially. My main
frustration with the way it's affected contests
is even though it made the contact for you,
you can't use it to communicate, whether it's
to ask the other guy to QSY to 222 or 1296,
or just to say hi and thanks old buddy. Forget
about the chat page - it's severely overloaded
during the contests now and more than half
the people I want to work are not on it or
not paying attention to it anyway. I made
several attempts to enter QSY messages,
and every one was ignored. Big problem,
and it's really hurting my 222 and up score.
-73 Ron WZ1V
----- Original Message -----
From: James C <jabeco@gmail.com>
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Cc: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:32:58 -0700
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Digital and VHF contests
> Conversely, I haven't had this much fun contesting ever! (26 years in the
> hobby)
>
> The WSJT suite has made contesting a reality for me. (I live in an area
> where the closest active vhf+ op is 150miles away).
>
> Before WSJT I was thrilled to make 5 contacts in a contest. Now I'm
> competitively chasing grids for FFMA, Having fun in contests, Enjoying the
> fellowship Slack and the other loggers have provided, Making contacts on 6m
> MS daily, Activating rare grids and more.
>
> If it wasn't for WSJT none of this would have happened. I will never
> operate CW and I might get on phone to enjoy a legacy contact once a blue
> moon.
>
> My interest in 6m (and VHF+ DX) is at an all time high thanks to WSJT.
> Huge thank you to K1JT for keeping the hobby interesting and alive. There
> are more then enough 6m ops using digital to keep busy with. I don't feel
> like I'm missing anything by ditching CW/SSB.. except a headache from
> listening to static for hours at a time.
>
> It's clear to anyone who's been paying attention that CW and SSB are headed
> to the dustbin of history. I commend those who are staying away from digi.
> It's a tough road to travel with so many folks staying current on
> technology. Good luck to the brave souls sticking to your CW/SSB guns. I'm
> afraid It's going to get more and more lonely for those guys.
>
> Flame on!
>
> -James K7KQA DN06 (6m - 7el LFA/KW)
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> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 6:51 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> > You won't find me on FT(#).ever.
> >
> > It's the exact opposite of why I like to contest on VHF, and generally just
> > get on VHF.
> >
> >
> >
> > I like to say Hi to Paul(N1BUG), the crew @ W2SZ/1, Dave/K1WHS in FN43 etc
> > etc
> >
> > even if that means listening to their CW and sending a quick "dit dit" or a
> > "Hi Paul, here is FN66"
> >
> > (ie: literally 1 extra second for VHF contest QSO's that only take 5-10
> > seconds anyways.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can very much appreciate a lot of folks like FT-whatever, but it does
> > nothing for me.
> >
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> >
> > Each to his own I guess. My interest in VHF contesting (and 6m DXing) is
> > at
> > an all time low.
> >
> > (and I've been at it a long time!)
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike VE9AA FN66
> >
> > Keswick Ridge, NB
> >
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> >
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