Jim,
What you state about skipping the grid message and starting with the Tx2
(calls and report) message is the case, at least with the present R-8055 build
that I'm using. When a station is initially called with the Tx2 message, what
is received in reply is a Tx3 (calls plus R-report) message. A high percentage
of the almost 4,000 FT8 QSOs that I have made in the past 2 months have been
made starting with the Tx2 message.
You will find stations starting with the TX2 message in order to work callers
at a faster pace. Skipping the grid and saving 15 seconds , as is often being
done, is very important, especially when conditions are marginal.
Sending a grid square is not a requirement for a QSO to be valid. Send,
receiving and confirming the reception of those reports is required.
I hope that the 'feature' which you described of getting the message sequence
'back on track' does NOT become part of future builds and eventually the new RC
release, which should be out soon.
73,
Rich - K1HTV
PS:
123/98 FT8 DXCC countries worked/confirmed so far
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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 08:23:07 -0400
From: James Shaver <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] >
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Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] 8056
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This was done early on to make sure people followed the sequence - if
someone decided to get creative and skip a step, the software is smart
enough to get them back on track.? Not sure why skipping the grid and
saving 15 seconds is so desired.
Jim S.
N2ADV
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On 9/1/2017 8:19 AM, Erik - wrote:
> After calling CQ, if a respondent skips the grid and sends dB report,
> the software does not send a R+dB report. Instead it sends a dB report.
>
> An example:
>
> I double-clicked on JA4DNC who had answered with -12 but I sent him
> -21 instead R-21. This then caused a R+dB report to come back to me
> instead of 73.
>
> Erik EI4KF.
>
>
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