In some cases the use of RR73 is problematic. I operate FT8 almost exclusively on 2 meters, weak signal. If I am working a very weak station, and that station chooses to use RR73 instead of 73, thereis a good chance that I have not received it, especially if I am waiting for a qsb peak on the signal. By sending RR73 that station assumes we are done once RR73 is sent, but we may not be done. I continuesending a signal report, while the station I was in contact with is off working another station. I may then fail to log that qso, since it is incomplete, unless the station realizes the mistake and continues the qso.
On occasion I have even seen RR73 used in MSK144 or even Q65 which is just out of line in weak signal, or meteor scatter work. When working weak signals I don't think RR73 should ever be used and I never use it myself. 73,Andy, ka2uqw On Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 04:53:15 PM EDT, Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: FWIW ... if you received an RR73 .. there is no need to reply. The station is saying that RR I got your last, and 'over and out' ... The other party is not waiting for your reply, they're on to another contact. Neil, KN3ILZ On 10/21/2023 1:14 PM, Andy Durbin wrote: WSJT-X ver 2.6.1, Win 8.1. I have observed several times that I could not complete a QSO by sending 73 after I had received an RR73. This is expected operation with F/H active but not when F/H is not active. I suspect that something is latched in software if F/H mode has been used but is then exited and WSJT-X is not re-started. Has anyone else seen this or have an explanation? 73, Andy, k3wyc _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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