I would suggest running these new modes (ie. MSK144, FT8 etc) can be reasonably
challenging (especially in a roving / portable setting.)
73
Mark S
VE7AFZ
Mark Spencer
Aligned Solutions Co.
mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
> On Jan 22, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Peter Laws <plaws0@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Keith Morehouse
> <w9rm@calmesapartners.com> wrote:
>> ...or they should count for MORE because they take so bloody long to make.
>>
>> When the band is open well, I can make 4-5 QSOs per minute on SSB. The
>> absolute MINIMUM time for a FT8 QSO is 45 seconds and, in reality, it will
>
>
> You clearly missed the DXMap site over the weekend - there was a VE6
> making FT8 QSOs on 2m throughout the western US. It may take a long
> time (like communicating with submerged subs) but that's how and why
> it works.
>
> If we're going to do distance scoring like in the 222 and Up, we need
> to somehow adjust for mode else everyone will just use the latest mode
> from the Nobel laureate.
>
>
>
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