GM Ria
FT8 Has it's pluses and minuses .... This is from someone who
operates FT 8 for about 1 hour most mornings. The minuses I
can see it's making me a lazy operator. Rather than S/P for
DX I now simply click away at decode.... So it's taking a serious
CW operator away from CW. I know I am
not alone. Also I am doing it on backup
computer/rig while more productive things I am doing on
main computer. So I am not even paying attention to the other
FT8 operator, who ever it may be. I mean I have to go to QRZ.com
to even get his name !
I know it's a passing thing and I am getting tired of it after 8
months,
and glad I am feeling this way ! It never felt like actual Ham
Radio,
maybe I am just too old school.
73 BoB WA1FCN
On 1/15/2019 10:55 AM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote:
In that case I think I'll stick to summer field day, then. There is a
vocal anti-FT8 contingent. I choose to boycott them if they are
hostile to a mode that for some has meant the difference between
making contacts and simply packing up and finding another hobby.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 11:16, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
Darn! I mis-spoke!
FT8 is not allowed as stated at the top of the rules.
K0HB
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 08:34 Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
I just read the rules.
As far as I can see, the FT8 mode is not specifically banned.
If you can send and receive the required “contest exchange”, go ahead and use
it.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a member of the WFD rules committee, and I do not play one
on TV.
73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 08:23 rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
Why?
Is telemetry not an important capability we can use? This is a very
practical possible application of WSJT modes. Furthermore even by
itself modes like WSPR can help us automatically measure propagation
to measure capabilities of our stations, i.e. determining when the
band opens and closes at our location. You can even do that in FT8
where a wider variety of signals from various places arrive at our
antennas. And even going further, as mentioned, JS8Call takes FT8 all
the way to a full conversational mode.
There are hams now who are saying "FT8 is not real radio because it's
computers talking to one another" or "it requires no skill." To that I
say, nonsense. As hams we have found new ways to communicate over the
years. We should embrace this sort of progress.
73
Ria, N2RJ
On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 22:42, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
That makes good sense to me.
Communications modes in an emergency situation must be able to carry a
payload of information. The mode must be robust enough to carry a payload
beyond “R-17” and “RR73”.
73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 15:38 Sean Waite <waisean@gmail.com> wrote:
One comment that was suggested in a thread elsewhere was that Field Day is
about being able to test out our ability to deploy in "emergency"
situations. FT8 cannot really be used in this type of situation because of
it's limited vocabulary.
Sean WA1TE
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:44 PM Neil Johnson via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
Just curious as to why the sudden rules change?
https://www.winterfieldday.com/rules
D-Star and Fusion contacts are allowed why not FT8?
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