<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">That's not the way to look at this.</div><div dir="auto">Handle FT8 logs like Field Day format.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For the time being, using email, send in a registration form with totals..... along with a log attachment printout just like the WIQP did before back in the day. Or just send it in via snail mail.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrew is right how ever look at https://qrznow.com/how-to-setup-ft8-on-wsjt-for-field-day/</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Isn't there a place you insert your name? Insert the 3 letter section?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I understand when it's on your master log after the contest you will have to correct your master log, and load the correction into LOTW. You do what you gotta do. Just like back in te day making sure everything is in the right colums if not reject the log just like they do with other none ARRL contests. People eventually do the right thing and get it right.</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;">Jim K9TF</span></div></div><div dir="auto" id="composer_signature"><div dir="auto" style="font-size:85%;color:#575757"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto" align="left"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Chuck Dellis <w9wlx@wi.rr.com> </div><div>Date: 3/11/21 10:56 AM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: 'Wisconsin QSO Party Reflector' <wiqp-mail@warac.org> </div><div>Cc: 'Andre Robitaille' <wt9x@icloud.com>, 'Jim Borowski' <jim.gmforum@gmail.com> </div><div>Subject: RE: [WIQPmail] No FT8/FT4 </div><div><br></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Have a great time this weekend and hope to hear you on the air!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">73, Chuck--W9WLX</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WIQP Committee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> WIQP-Mail <wiqp-mail-bounces@warac.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andre Robitaille via WIQP-Mail<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Wisconsin QSO Party Reflector <wiqp-mail@warac.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Andre Robitaille <wt9x@icloud.com>; Jim Borowski <jim.gmforum@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WIQPmail] No FT8/FT4</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Andre</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">WT9X</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On March 11, 2021 at 10:00 AM, Jim Borowski via WIQP-Mail <<a href="mailto:wiqp-mail@warac.org">wiqp-mail@warac.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Larry</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Couldn't you put in the call sign WA9YSD/MIL ?</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#575757">Jim K9TF</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#575757"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#575757">Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device</span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span class="body-text-content">_______________________________________________</span><br><span class="body-text-content">WIQP-Mail mailing list</span><br><span class="body-text-content"><a href="mailto:WIQP-Mail@warac.org">WIQP-Mail@warac.org</a></span><br><span class="body-text-content"><a href="http://mail.warac.org/mailman/listinfo/wiqp-mail_warac.org">http://mail.warac.org/mailman/listinfo/wiqp-mail_warac.org</a></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>