Sorry I didn't send in a log, I only made the one contact, with ZL1CV.
I killed my BBS computer earlier in the morning so spent the next 16 hours
trying to fix the beast.
73, John de VK2XGJ
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DIGITALRADIO" <digitalradio@yahoogroups.com>; "WSJT"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:25 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] Comments on the JT65A and Olivia contests
> Of the 15 or so logs received so far, the comments appear to be.
>
> The bands (40 and 20M) were in very poor conditions
>
> Both Olivia and JT65A contests were considered "tough". Activity was
> , according to early reports, higher in the JT65A mode .
>
> Several JT65A WSJT users had difficulty handing a "pile-up " (There
> are some advanced features within WSJT where you can decode several
> signals at once, but perhaps people do not know this).
>
> Some folks mistook their local time for UTC time.
>
> Several ZL's, VKs, and JA's on the JT65A contest
>
>
>
> As for the comments that the contest was "tough", that was expected.
> The experimental contests take a lot of patience.
>
> JT65A as implemented in WSJT is not at all designed for conventional
> contesting. Today's results are helpful for analyzing how contests
> with JT65A could be conducted in the future (if at all!).
>
> Olivia should have been easier, I did see 4 QSO's taking place in
> Olivia 500/8 at the same time on 40M, some die-hards stuck with 500/4
> !
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>
> Andy K3UK
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