As a KH6 who operates most of the time in W1, I use a W1/ prefix in FT8, otherwise I show up (incorrectly) in the scrolling list of stations as “Hawaii”. Even though I specify my call as W1/KH6HZ, at least 20% of my contacts are not logged, the W1 gets dropped by the remote station, so I get tons of automated rejections when remote stations upload their logbooks and try to match kh6hz against w1/kh6hz. I will not confirm a contact w/o the w1 qualifier unless I’m at my home qth on Oahu.
It seems 90%+ of the time I call CQ and have someone answer, the exchange gets logged correctly (I’ve never been able to figure out why it happens the other 10% of the time). If someone else calls CQ and I click on to respond, then my call isn’t prefixed with W1, and these exchanges are almost 90% of the time logged incorrectly. I wish FT8 would use my whole callsign in each portion of the exchange, rather than using the full call in parts if it.
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