I know how FT8 works (I've studied Joe's papers and researched the principles) and I would have no intention of making anything else work like FT8 does. It's simply too restrictive, particularly for
Author: AB1J via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC)
It's also called your "brain," especially if you've contesting for a while. 73, Ken, AB1J CW contesting does use FEC. In this application it's called "Call History Files". 73 - Jim K8MR --Original
When's the last time you did that? 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-conte
FT8 is terrific for what it was intended. I've made a couple thousand contacts with it on every band from 160m to 6m. It happens to be a really crummy contesting mode, though. Think of things this
This argument is futile. Regardless of how FT8 works, CW is an analog mode along its entire RF signal path - a mode that can be decoded by people. If CW is sliced and diced to make it a digital RF
A few weeks ago, in fact. I build a lot of things. I'm actually doing a kit build on my youtube channel, with part 3 this week. Ria N2RJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mai
Unless you're using a rig made 30 years ago, any CW signal you receive has already been sliced, diced, unsliced and undiced a LOT more than you apparently realize. Nobody, including you, "hears" RF