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Re: [VHFcontesting] FT impacting ability to run bands?

To: Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] FT impacting ability to run bands?
From: Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:19:27 -0700
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Marshall, yes that should work.

I seem to recall I managed to make a few band changes with QSO partners using 
FT8 during the January contest without any issues.   

73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Mar 18, 2020, at 8:12 AM, Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com> wrote:
> 
> I am certainly no expert on WSJT-X.  However, the software already has what 
> they call TX Macros.  You can pre-define macros like "QSY 144.174" or 
> whatever you want.  Then just select that macro and send it via TX5.  I have 
> one that sends "UR Grid?" due to the folks that just insist on sending a 
> funny little number rather than their grid.  Grids are required in contests 
> and before FT8 came along they were the standard signal report in VHF.....as 
> opposed to 579 or 59.
> 
> 73 Marshall K5QE
> 
>> On 3/18/2020 2:37 PM, Drew Arnett wrote:
>> If FT is impacting the ability to run bands, because it is a fixed
>> message format, why not ask the dev team to add a few bits to the
>> fixed format to regain that ability?
> 
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