On 7/21/2019 10:17 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
I chose not to participate in the RTTY contest but still wished to make FT8 QSO on 6 meters. I called CQ K3WYC DM33 thus indicating I was not in the contest. Multiple stations answered me and replied to my report with "R grid". Since these stations provided no report they were not logged.
I don't understand the problem, Andy. Participation in any contest is simply a matter of how you choose which stations to work and whether you send in a log. During a contest, most operators will be USING contest mode, which simply speeds up the exchange, but it doesn't put you "in the contest." It is, by the way, common for rare grid expeditions to use contest mode for the same reason. When most stations are using contest mode and you're not, it's sort of like running up the down escalator. :) The only thing that contest mode costs you is a signal report, but that's pretty meaningless in telling you about how your station is doing because it's based on how much receive noise the other station has.
While I am a contester, I find it difficult to view VHF contests as contests. I was quite active throughout, but my only objective was working new grids. My only new one was a JA who wasn't in contest mode, so I quickly switched out of contest mode to work him. :)
What I WOULD like is to able to do this without going to Settings Advanced. All those clicks loses a TX cycle.
73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
