well, sure hate to miss this one but my announcement 01/01/2020 regarding mixing digi with CW/SSB/RTTY contests still stands. K4WI/NA4W will no longer compete in any contests that permits FT8 to comp
I use FT8 a lot on 160 for long haul DX that I can't work on CW, and on 6M for E-skip chasing grids, but I have so far not gotten excited about FT8/FT4 contesting. That said, I see little difference
<snip> I see little difference between the attitude expressed in this post and those who, in the '50s and '60s, refused to switch to that new-fangled SSB. I also fail to see how FT8 differs from RTTY
Sure hope people don't opertae FT8 all weekend. When signals get over 0db please try CW/SSB. 6 meters has been open almost all day to the Caribbean, Central American and Northern South America from m
GE Jim My view from someone who has spent a fair amount of time with FT8. FT8 is more like fishing in a barrel. RTTY to me is much more difficult and involved . 73
I support 101% Paul's suggestion. IMHO ARRL is supporting FT8/4 in the worst possible way, mixing apples with potatoes and ravaging any worth in lot of HAM sections. As many other people, I already s
Author: Fabio via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:13:41 +0200 (CEST)
I agree but: - the digital mode activity is growing due to its possibilities; - in few years there will be much more activity on FT8/FT4 than on other modes (expecially if they will find a way to red
Time out! Ham Radio is a small and diminishing hobby, and contesting is a grey-haired sub-hobby of that. And here we are, demonizing each other based on which sub-sub-hobby (mode) happens to be our p