Gday As a committed (yeah, thats probably the right word - complete with white jacket that laces up at the back) topbander since 1970, Ive never been so intrigued and disturbed by anything on the ban
Author: Bob Kupps via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:16:35 +0000 (UTC)
Agree completely Steve. I was going to build a 2m EME station until I learned that computer to computer Qs were the only thing going on there these days....not for me. 73 Bob HS0ZIA As a committed (
Hi Steve I FULLY agree on all you write. Unfortunately I also feel that Ham radio is more or less lost. According to me,,,this is NOT Ham radio,, it is digi to digi without any personal feeling. And
Agree completely from me too. over 50years on TOP band only CW ok1tn -- 73 Slavek Zeler -- Pvodní e-mail -- Od: Bob Kupps via Topband <topband@contesting.com> Komu: Steve Ireland <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
Well said,I agree ! I will never forget the adrenaline that flows when KH6AT came back on my CQ . I could HEAR him ! (my last zone on TB) 73 Pat ON7PQ . --Ursprungligt meddelande-- Från: Topband [mai
Well said. . .I totally agree. 73. . .Dave, W0FLS Gday As a committed (yeah, thats probably the right word - complete with white jacket that laces up at the back) topbander since 1970, Ive never been
Im sure there will be people who say FT8 is just progress. But some psychologists divide people according to whether their preferred mode of experience is auditory, visual or kinesthetic (touch). I t
Heh, I have found myself thinking more and more in recent years of just dropping ham radio. Those psychologists may have oversimplified things a little but there is plenty of meat on those bones. The
Hi, FT8, JT65 and similar modes are just computer to computer "QSOs". I expect DXCC CW and DXCC SSB will still be praised while DXCC DIGI or Mixed will soon have no much value. 73, Mirek SP5ENA - --O
Bill, don't give up. There is still plenty of magic in ham radio. I get my jollies using vintage and homebrew gear. Can still smell the dust on the hot tubes. There is a good bit of activity on the b
Author: GALE STEWARD via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:23:51 +0000 (UTC)
I have to agree with Steve's assessment. I guess that having been licensed for 54 years makes me a "geezer" of sorts and we aren't supposed to like anything "new". I think that the new technology is
Steve, Thanks for calling me this morning. Good signals. At one time I was interested in EME on 2 Meters. I found out that most of the QSOs were taking lace using some digital means where you didn't
"Has the world really turned upside down and what do you think the future holds?" Hi Steve On the old days we used to call CQ several times and listening, very few people realize what listening reall
Author: Victor Goncharsky via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:01:09 +0300
JT modes were originally designed for VHF (59 MHz and up). No reason to use them on HF and especially on Top Band. We will not pay attention to those playing the childish FT8 toys on HF. 3C0L showed
I agree with all the comments re digital modes such as FT8. I was discussing this recently with a local ham and I told him that I thought ARRL could create a new "DXCC While Being Asleep" award. With
As a younger old guy in ham radio at 53, licensed since 1978, I am enjoying the heck out of FT8. It is very different than other modes such as CW or SSB. Why the commotion? It takes up a couple of
Hi all, here's my $.02... Radio is what you make of it. Do what you enjoy. If you don't like the digimodes, stay away from them. DXCC means different things to different people. To some, it means onl
I hope everyone in the US (except for me) switches to FT-8 on 160 meters which will give me a much better chance to work the dx-peditions and other rare ones on 160 meters CW:-) I downloaded the soft
Gentlemen, Why choose to let what others are doing upset us, especially when there is not a thing we can do about it? Let's just enjoy our 160m DX and contests instead. :-) 73, Mike www.w0btu.com ___
"Technologies available before you reached the age of 35 are standard; every op should use them. Technologies that arrived after you reached the age of 35 will kill the hobby." We've heard this with