Hello fellow contesters, Some recent threads here and elsewhere about FT8 have prompted me to express my alternate view. I agree with the summary statement that FT8 has presented VHF contesters a com
Chet - I hope you took the survey about the use of FT8 and expressed those sentiments in it. To the more general audience and contest participants this weekend, I urge participants that use WSJT-X to
I think many contesters would agree that we should not penalize or discourage FT8, however, it would be good if we could encourage FT4 because it is not as painfully slow. Chuck W5PR ________________
Author: PAUL ROLLINSON <paulrollinson@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:43:56 +0000 (UTC)
Good morning James, I would love to see more FT4 use.... it's really fast. Top of the hour/bottom of the hour would be good too. We moved to a flex radio and the spectum display helps you know where
Hi Chet: That may be a good plan for young whippersnappers like you, but for most old farts like me our fingers can barely type 1 WPM, and when we reach to press a button it's often the wrong one and
FT8 may not have ruined VHF contesting for everyone, but it appears it has for me. I generally operate as a Single-Op (QRP) Portable in the VHF+ contests. At this time it is not practical for me to t
..and FT4 is painfully slow compared to SSB (...or CW) when signals are stronger. Anybody who is a died-in-the-wool CONTESTER abhors what has happened on 6M during June and July contests. How is the
FT or not, I'm not sure you'd see those rates again on SSB. Maybe on 6 since almost every modern HF radio has 6 in it - but certainly not on 2m or up. The number of hams with 2m or higher sideband ca
Actually many hams have 2m and 70cm sideband capabilities-look at the number of 706MKIIG and FT857Ds sold. They just never choose to move the mode selector off of FM on those bands. 73 John aF5CC ___
I don't recall seeing anyone suggest penalizing FT8 or digital operators in the proposed rule changes. What I saw was a way to incentivize use of the other authorized modes such as SSB & CW. Offering
Author: Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:19:47 +0000 (UTC)
I am not sure that rules changes are going to fix any problems. The fact is that times change. I am on 6M, 2M, 432, 1296, 2304, and 5760, from my home station. I have a legal limit amp, on 2M, 280 wa
Maybe we need a Straight Key night for 6m? I am not sure that rules changes are going to fix any problems. The fact is that times change. I am on 6M, 2M, 432, 1296, 2304, and 5760, from my home stati
Put me in the "keep growing" crowd. Yes FT8 is disruptive, but, I think overall it is net positive for getting newer callsigns active on weak signal VHF. It's not just FT8. Spotting networks and allo
Hi Folks Here se suggestion I sent in the survey. FT8 is a fantastic new tool, you can dig 20db below noise and requires a different skill set to run high frequency bands. It is so fantastic a little