YES SORRY but FT 8 has killed Amateur Radio more or less.
Instead there is a computer game going on.Computers picking up signals
not even being able to be heard by humans. Real shame.
And ARRL allow these game-connections to count for awards that BEFORE needed
challange and efforts and operators skill.
Many many operators has already lost interest in our hobby,and in some years ,
the hobby is gone or just computer game.
Kind regards
Hans SM6CVX
> 23 apr 2019 kl. 09:23 skrev Victor Goncharsky via Topband
> <topband@contesting.com>:
>
> This is not always the case. I have noticed long openings to Caribbean during
> last year 6m season with signal levels good enough for reliable CW QSOs but
> only FT8 portion of the band was alive.
> Will see what will happen this year. Top band game is almost over with the
> last 3 new ones worked in April (but missed XR0) so 6m antenna is on its way
> to the tower this week.
>
>
>> Вторник, 23 апреля 2019, 5:20 UTC от kolson@rcn.com:
>>
>>
>> Just as a note , most of the DX operations on 6 meters moved to FT8 because
>> of the short, almost momentary nature of many 6 meter DX openings. But w
>> hen the band supports longer prop ag ation periods, you will still find at
>> least some DX on SSB and CW.
>>
>> For the most part, HF DX openings are of longer duration and don't particul
>> arly require FT8, especially as opposed to CW. Of course, some operators
>> prefer FT8 and that's cool too.
>>
>> 73 Kevin K3OX
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Andreas Junge" < andreas@n6nu.org >
>> To: "Roger Kennedy" < roger@wessexproductions.co.uk >
>> Cc: topband@contesting.com
>> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 7:57:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW
>>
>> Roger,
>>
>> Is your statement that you don’t have enough opportunities to rag-chew on
>> 160M?
>>
>> There is plenty of CW activity if/when there is a new DXCC entity to be had
>> like VI9NI. Lots of OPs are calling within minutes of a juicy one showing
>> up. I think there are more stations with 160M capability than before.
>>
>> They just don’t want to talk to the same people over and over again.
>>
>> It looks like that DXpeditions are making it more of an effort these days to
>> get on 160M.
>>
>> The same CW->FT8 move has happened on 6M where almost all of the DX is now
>> FT8. The cheese has moved. Go where the cheese is or starve.
>>
>> It take a new DXCC any mode any time and that’s just me. Same as AA6VB, I
>> live in the Bay Area my lot size dictates what I can put up for 160M. To a
>> degree FT8 is a necessity to make any progress.
>>
>> And yes, I was fortunate enough to work VI9NI on CW/160M - thanks to the
>> team for showing up during the West Coast sunrises.
>>
>> To each their own.
>>
>> 73, Andreas, N6NU
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Roger Kennedy < roger@wessexproductions.co.uk
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Well as far as I'm concerned Mike, FT8 would just be my computer having a
>>> contact, not me personally . . . so it's not something I would ever be
>>> interested in.
>>>
>>> But if that's the case, it's even more daft . . . as there's LOTS of people
>>> who complain about the lack of DX activity on CW these days. But if more
>>> people came on, there would be more CW activity !
>>>
>>> Roger G3YRO
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>> Hi Roger
>>>
>>>> Did you look up in the FT8 band? That is where everyone is.
>>>
>>>> Mike va3mw
>>>
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