I believe Serge is concerned that his FT4 contacts won't get matched to other FT4 contacts in LOTW... though, LOTW directly accepts .adif files generated by WSJT-X, there should be no issue with contacts matching, since everyone's using the same software, all of which follows the ADIF standards set by committee... So.. if WSJT-X (which conforms to the ADIF standard) generates an .adif entry in the local log with MODE=MFSK and SUBMODE=FT4, and that gets uploaded with TQSL (which also conforms to the ADIF standard) to LOTW's databases (which also conform to the ADIF standard), then... when will contacts NOT match? Never; as long as the data is the same from the two uploads, the contacts will always match. FT8 contacts match all other FT8 contacts. CW contacts match all other CW contacts. EVERY bit of software we use to create, log, upload, store, and compare our contacts conforms to the ADIF standard, so all contacts with the same date, time, mode, and signal reports will match.
There will be no lost matches... ..unless you're wanting FT8 and FT4 contacts to match, in which case, I think you're going to be disappointed. 73 de AI8W, Chris On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 1:22 PM Serge Smirnoff R6YY via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > 31.07.2019 19:46, Bill Somerville пишет: > > Your complaints seem biased, unreasonably, against the LoTW service. > > > > Dear Bill, > > I am not complaining to you or to anyone here. It seems to me that you > misinterpret parts of my letters and make far-reaching conclusions. I am > writing here because here are people who are not indifferent to the fate of > FT4. > > No need to write lengthy explanations. Just answer, what is the > fundamental difference between FT8 and FT4? And why for FT8 100% > verifiability in LOTW, and for FT4 - single? > > PS And indeed, LOTW is absolutely not guilty here. Just someone very > clever person came up with an idea incomprehensible to others. > > Best regards, Serge R6YY > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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