contest stations generally only want valid contacts (according to the contest rules) to prevent a penalty. That also is a thing.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 2:31 PM Ryan Tourge <ryan.tou...@gmail.com> wrote: > A bit prissy to exclude a station that lacks a signal report. You both > ack'd each other. obviously the call took place. > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 6:53 AM Fred Price <n...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ed, > > > > You do know that if you are using LoTW to confirm your QSO's then all > that is needed for a valid QSO is: > > Exchange of calls > > Band > > Date > > Time +/-30 minutes > > > > So it makes no difference if your signal report is a SNR or a grid > square. However since it is your station it is your choice on how you log. > > Have fun n enjoy after all it's not life of death it's just a hobby. > > > > Fred > > N2XK > > > > On Jul 22, 2019 12:01 AM, Ed Muns <e...@w0yk.com> wrote: > > > > Great tip, Laurie. > > > > This is a good technique if one can reasonably assume that the majority > of > > QSO partners sending a signal report will not complete the QSO, or log > it, > > if the contester only sends a Grid Square. > > > > IOW, if a contester set to NA VHF Contest mode connects up with a > > "non-contester" set to normal mode (Special Activity unchecked), and both > > are configured for Auto Seq, then the QSO will complete without any > operator > > intervention. However, the contester will not have sent a signal report > to > > the non-contester. That may be an issue, because the non-contester may > > continue to send his SNR message, hoping to elicit an SNR in return. > Or, he > > may not log the contact because he never received an SNR from the > contester. > > This may not be a problem for the contester, because the non-contester is > > unlikely to submit a Cabrillo log, so the contester will avoid a NIL. > > > > Back to your tip of setting up two instances of WSJT-X, one with NA VHF > > Contest mode enabled and one with Special Activity unchecked. This is a > > good technique for the contester to get another QSO in the log that > > otherwise would not happen, IF the assumption is the majority of "mixed" > > QSOs as described above will not complete successfully because the > > non-contester is concerned that he didn't receive a signal report. > > > > The contester has to decide whether to power through the QSO in the NA > VHF > > Contest mode, or to on-the-fly switch to his "SNR Configuration" that > uses > > the standard non-contest message sequence and indeed sends an SNR > message to > > the non-contester. > > > > Ed W0YK > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Laurie, VK3AMA <_vk3a...@vkdxer.net> > > Sent: 21 July, 2019 16:04 > > To: wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Contest confusion > > > > On 22/07/2019 7:16 am, Jim Brown wrote: > > > 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 > > > > Simple and only requires a single mouse click. Setup two configurations > > in WSJT-X, one for you desired contest and the other non-contest. Once > > setup, it is a single click using the "Configuration" menu to switch > > between contest and non-contest. > > > > de Laurie VK3AMA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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