Hi Jim,
I consider myself a hard core CW op, I
think I've taken part in maybe 4-5 SSB
contests total in the last 39 years, maybe
10-15 or so RTTY contests. However, I've
been in easily several hundred CW
contests, some of which I've taken 1st
place in my class. I need 1 more ATNO for
Honor roll and of those ATNOs' I have,
only two were SSB, & no CW was available
to work them.
With that, I have found FT8 interesting as
a communication mode. Not exciting as when
I pull CW out of the noise and make a Q,
but it is a ham contact never-the-less.
I do enjoy discovering signals are
available below the noise level, when I
can't hear them but the K3s & WSJT-x do.
Those calls wouldn't be there on the
screen if they didn't exist. If the band
is dead for one mode but alive for
another, I'll go for what's alive.
I just ordered a 7 element M2 antenna for
a dedicated 6M station with K3 & external
pre to run CW and FT8, I'm looking forward
to my first 6M CW contest.
Yeah, I consider myself a hard core CW guy
but I see a place for FT8 as well.
73,
Gary
KA1J
> ## FT8 is indeed a game changer, but I dont think the hard core CW
> ## op will buy
> into the.... new fangled mode.
>
> Jim VE7RF
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