Neil,
That’s all true. But, FD is the best exposure to ham radio community for one
day for all year long - all over the world. FD makes more contacts in one day
than any contest or DXExpedition.
My ‘suggestions’ is only that. Something to cogitate.
73 de W8NET Gene
3905 Century Club Master #47
Member - Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS)
ARRL A-1 Op
> On May 11, 2018, at 8:09 PM, Neil Zampella <ne...@techie.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 5/11/2018 12:06 PM, Gene Marsh wrote:
>> Neil (and all),
>>
>> Below....
>>
>> 73 de W8NET Gene
>> 3905 Century Club Master #47
>> Member - Portage County Amateur Radio Service (PCARS)
>> ARRL A-1 Op
>>
>> On May 10, 2018, at 6:54 PM, Neil Zampella <ne...@techie.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A number of things:
>>>
>>> 1. you can use the CQ FD XXX Grid as the call,
>>
>> Doesn’t have to be the ‘CQ’ prefix:
>>
>> FD W1XYZ 3AEMA
>>
>> And, you don’t have to put the grid
>>
>
> If you do it the way I suggest, the other station can still do a auto
> sequence response. Your line does not allow for someone to double click as
> the system will not recognize it as a proper CQ call. The grid is part
> of the auto sequence, plus counts for the other ARRL contest going on .. Grid
> Chase.
>
>>
>>> 2. How are you going to tell people to NOT use auto sequence
>>
>> Maybe you could turn it automatically OFF when the FD option is ON. Same as
>> Fox and Hound sets options.
>
> Field day occurs once a year, DXPeditions happen every month, in some months,
> almost every week. Changing the program to add another set of requirements
> for a once a year event that's mainly a US event is not worth the time, nor
> the time trying to reply to issues being raised by the inadvertent setting of
> the 'option'.
>
>
>>
>>> 3. Trash the 'tu cq fd' and just include the required info in the last
>>> message and include a 73.
>>>
>>> This may allow users who don't know about turning off auto sequence to
>>> actually work someone on FD.
>>>
>>> Neil, KN3ILZ
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 5/10/2018 2:32 PM, Bobby Chandler wrote:
>>>> What would be wrong with using these macros:
>>>>
>>>> CQ FD N4AU
>>>> @ 1d AL
>>>> @ TU CQ FD
>>>>
>>>> Run with Auto SEQ off.
>>>>
>>>> Bobby/N4AU
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bob...@bellsouth.net
>>>> n...@arrl.net
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Neil, KN3ILZ
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