FT8 officially sucks as a mode when there is meteor scatter mixed in.  Just a single big ping of scatter within FT8's 15 sec receive window will likely prevent a decode on a weak signal.

I suspect FT4 would suffer the same.. maybe worse.

-W9RM

Keith Morehouse
via MotoG

On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 10:38 AM Ed <n5jeh@...> wrote:

No just shorter requirement for a exchange. A  short ping on FT8 is useless but a contact can be made with msk with nothing but short pings. Takes a lot of time however

 

Ed N5jeh

 

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From: Steve London
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 10:32 AM
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Why ? Are you saying that the only mechanism that could support a QSO is meteor

scatter ?

 

73,

Steve, N2IC

 

On 09/13/2019 10:20 AM, Ed wrote:

> MSK  144 would work better for that distance with no other propagation to help.

> Just MHO

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> I copied N5KS on 6M FT8 yesterday with good sigs -8 to -14.  I am trying to work

> him for new 6M grid and sent him  an email about looking this way and into

> Olathe during the contest this weeked.   He is in Amarillo.  N5EPA might have a

> good chance, possibly W7QQ.

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> Arne N7KA

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