Hi Mark,
I was on only a very limited amount of time but I worked 30 FT4 stations vs 78
on FT8 on 6m. Of course I'm on the other side of NA so things may be different
here. Like you, I constantly keep an eye on the bandscope to see where the
activity is. If I see FT4 signals, then that is where you will find me. I
really was hoping that people got a good taste of FT4 during the June contest
and that the momentum would continue into the CQ WW.
I barely have the patience to work FT8 during a contest. It takes so long to
complete a Q that it gets boring quickly for me. On the other hand, the pace of
FT4 is like that of RTTY and quite enjoyable.
If there's a band opening there is really no need to use FT8 because there are
plenty of stations strong enough to work. FT4 also seems to be better suited
for those very brief openings as we experienced during the CQ WW.
I also wish people would spread out a bit, but that's another story.
73,
--Alex KR1ST
On Jul 23, 2020, 1:24 PM, at 1:24 PM, Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
wrote:
>Hi I am curious to hear from anyone who used FT4 during the CQ VHF
>contest. I don't recall seeing any activity on the 50 MHz FT4
>frequency on my band scope when I was in CO80 on Saturday, but I may
>have missed some activity. I did manage to detect SSB activity on
>various odd frequencies such as 50.150 and worked stations so I believe
>I was keeping a reasonable eye on things (:
>
>I sort of enjoyed watching the band scope and changing frequencies from
>time to time but it got rather hot inside the truck in the sun despite
>the cool outside temperatures (below 20 degrees C) but air conditioning
>helped at times at the expense of a somewhat higher noise floor.
>
>73
>
>Mark S
>VE7AFZ
>
>mark@alignedsolutions.com
>604 762 4099
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