When I first started using FT4, I found that it would log inconsistently and made for some manual work to get all of my online logs/QSL services to match. So I stopped using it. At some point, Mike Carper (WA9PIE), owner of HRD, sent a newsletter advising that HRD now supported FT4 correctly. I tested the new version on my system and found that though it did seem to log correctly in HRD and possibly if sent from HRD to LoTW, it did not send correctly to QRZ, eQSL, or HRDLog.net. I reported my findings via the HamRadioDeluxe user forum where Mike replied and advised they understood the problems. Not long after, another release of HRD was available that should fix these issues. I downloaded and installed the new version and did some testing immediately. It was actually working 100% as expected! While I was testing, I actually ran across WA9PIE working 20m FT4! I gave him many calls before he replied, but we did make a QSO and I have him in the log. Neat contact!
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