On 05/03/2019 09:26 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote:
I have done both FT4 and RTTY contesting. Let me compare them.
RTTY
Using a heavy-duty 1500 watt amplifier, I call CQ CONTEST.
A station comes back, automatically goes into N1MM's GRAB box, and I hit INSERT.
Only the strongest station is decoded when there are multiple callers, or the
operator uses his/her skill to time their S&P call.
N1MM sends a bogus 599 plus the exchange. The other station's exchange data
gets filled automatically from a call history file.
I hit ENTER, and TU QRZ gets sent.
Repeat all above
FT4
I click ENABLE TX, and a CQ gets sent, using only a 100 watt exciter.
A station comes back, gives me a real signal report and exchange, and the
Multiple stations come back simultaneously and are decoded. An algorithm in
WSJT-X picks one of them.
Do you really like the idea that your station, that you have been improving for
years to be loud, can now be selected against by a K1JT algorithm that chooses
the weakest, not the strongest calling station ?
73,
Steve, N2IC
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