[WIQPmail] No FT8/FT4

[Andre Robitaille]

Doubt you'll see me. You'll probably hear Etienne (K9ZN) on our radio. He wants the rookie category, so has to be just him.




Andre
WT9X





On March 11, 2021 at 10:56 AM, "Chuck Dellis" <w9wlx at wi.rr.com> wrote:



Andre—nice summary!  These are the issues that we run into when trying to adapt FT8/FT4 QSOs to the WIQP.  I suspect that in the near future there may be some software changes where the modes may be easily integrated into more contests.

 

Have a great time this weekend and hope to hear you on the air!

 

73, Chuck--W9WLX

WIQP Committee

 

From: WIQP-Mail <wiqp-mail-bounces at warac.org> On Behalf Of Andre Robitaille via WIQP-Mail
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:24 AM
To: Wisconsin QSO Party Reflector <wiqp-mail at warac.org>
Cc: Andre Robitaille <wt9x at icloud.com>; Jim Borowski <jim.gmforum at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WIQPmail] No FT8/FT4

 

That breaks a lot of logging software and DX spotting, and a handful of other things. Everything I come across expects prefixes and suffixes to be a separate callsign from your real callsign.

 

FT8/4 just aren't build for auto generating messages for contests. That seems to be the only genuine reason holding it back. The whole auto-contact stuff is mostly just gatekeeping, though it's true that I can just call CQ and auto-increment and walk away to do other stuff.

 

Andre

WT9X

 


On March 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM, Jim Borowski via WIQP-Mail <wiqp-mail at warac.org> wrote:

Larry

Couldn't you put in the call sign WA9YSD/MIL ?

 

 

 

Jim K9TF

 

Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device

 


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