Allen and Andy, Yes, it is not required. However, many stations (especially fox and hound) MUST receive a 73 to acknowledge a contact for a card.
73 de W8NET Miles “Gene” Marsh > On Oct 3, 2021, at 7:20 PM, Allan Downie via wsjt-devel > <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Hi Andy...Yes it happens all the time..BY DESIGN, apparently. I find it > most frustrating and bordering on rude. Technically the return 73 is not > required for a valid QSO, however it is the polite thing to do. At the very > least if confirms to your operating partner that all was received. I would > like to at least see it as an operator option. > > Allan - VK4QG > > On 3/10/2021 12:05 am, Andrew Neumeier via wsjt-devel wrote: >> Hello to the group, >> >> I am using WSJTx, version 2.5, using the version for Ubuntu 20.04. When >> operating FT8 and in contact with a station, once that station sends 73 my >> transmit becomes disabled, so my station does not send 73 unless I manually >> send it. I am using auto sequence. So, the question is, should my station >> progress automatically to send 73? I have seen this happen a number of >> times, but not sure if it is happening all the time. So, I just thought I >> would ask. >> >> 73, >> Andy, ka2uqw >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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