First of all I want to thank everyone for this great advancement in the
hobby!
The CQ WW VHF was my first exposure to contest mode and it was a very
frustrating 27 hours.
If I am in contest mode and I call CQ and get an answer from someone who
is not, there is essentially no way to complete a qso unless one side
changes into or out of contest mode. What happened to me is I would
switch and then the other side would switch and we would be opposite.
Frustrating!
The main issue is that we cannot expect those not in the contest to have
to switch into a specific mode to work us. This does not happen in any
other contest. We cannot expect this from casual ops. I am glad they
want to work me. Being able to work them should be painless too!
Why is contest mode needed? If a qso is good in contest mode with less
sequences I suggest that all FT8 exchanges be the same. Is there a
specific reason two have multiple sets of exchanges for in a contest and
not in a contest? I don't think so.
I understand that this was an issue for the June VHF contest too.
If you guys can move my xmit around in fox/hound mode, which worked out
really well, there has to be a solution for this. I believe that the
fox was still able to work people not running hound? We need the same
ability in contest mode.
I believe that this is already being examined but I thought I would give
my feedback. I would be happy to provide more information if desired.
Thanks again for all the hard work in bringing us FT8!
W0MU
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