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Re: [CQ-Contest] RBN Announcement on FT8 Spotting

To: "Yuri" <ve3dz@rigexpert.net>,"'Peter Sundberg'" <sm2cew@telia.com>, <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RBN Announcement on FT8 Spotting
From: Jim George <n3bb@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:38:41 -0500
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
"Me three."

I guess it's time I admitted the hobby is taking important steps and leaving me behind. I "get it" that really serious DXers can't let any new band country, regardless of mode, get away from them. I worked 'em all on phone or CW and just don't have the drive any longer. For me, it's CW and rag chewing and certain contests. So enjoy the new mode. I get it, sort of, but it's not for me. To have my computer talk to your computer with me in, at best, a side position, just leaves me flat, even though there is no doubt that the S/N technology is superior and quite advanced.

73, Jim N3BB

At 03:02 PM 6/13/2018 -0400, Yuri wrote:
It's hard to disagree with you, Peter.


Yuri  VE3DZ

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sundberg
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 1:53 PM
To: CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RBN Announcement on FT8 Spotting

Let it rip.

Who cares any more as FT8 is about computers talking to computers while the operator is doing - or has his mind - on other things. Ham Heaven is here according to the masses and apparently statistics. RBN is all about computers anyway.
And we must make decisions based on statistics - right?

To be able to make use of the FT8 "Deep"
functionality the computer needs the info to decode unknown callsigns that are "22 dB below the noise level".

So why not feed the computers with as much info as possible to speed up the journey up the DXCC ladder. Then, when the barn is full, some operators might even return to real ham radio again without concerns over what is fed to the RBN network.

73
Peter SM2CEW




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