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Re: [VHFcontesting] Weird ft8 contact on 2M. Did anyone else see it?

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Weird ft8 contact on 2M. Did anyone else see it?
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 10:37:14 -0600
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>From ARRL Contest Details:

*"7.5.* Each claimed contact must include contemporaneous direct initiation
by the operator on both sides of the contact. Initiation of a contact may
be either locally or by remote."

Fully-automated FT4/FT8 (or any other mode) QSO's are not valid.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 8:19 AM Paul Rollinson <Paulrollinson@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Good morning all,
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> Pulled the plug at 9:45 local last night. 27 of 33 hrs in the shack was
> enough.
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> Thanks to all that worked us. If we heard it , we worked it. Record January
> score for KE1LI.
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> Got a weird one for you and hopefully someone can confirm or explain.
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> When I went down in the shack this morning to review the logs, I left all
> pc's running.
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> On 2M I receives a -23db contact from JW2JAP/R QN19 (Russia). I took a
> picture before closing the software.
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> Have the Russian hacked my PC? Lol... Doubtful but can anyone explain?
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> At 6:30 am I was confused but I think it's a software issue.
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> Thanks,
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> Paul Rollinson, KE1LI
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> FN41AU
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