Keep an ear out for XT2BR aka F8FUA / EI2KM. Alain is a single man
expedition till about Wednesday running a barefoot K3 and I think he has
some type of vertical on TB. He has both CW and FT8 for this band. No
doubt most of his effort will be on higher bands but Alain might make an
appearance. As his license is good for a year it is possible that he will
return again later in the year.
73 Doug EI2CN
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Today's Topics:
1. IV3PRK AND ALL Those Links ! (Dick Bingham)
2. Re: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98 (Wes Stewart)
3. Re: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98 (W0MU Mike Fatchett)
4. Re: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (donovanf@starpower.net)
5. Re: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (Rob Atkinson)
6. Re: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (K9FD)
7. 160 inverted L with antenna tuner outside (james soto)
8. Re: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98 (Wes Stewart)
9. Re: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98 (Dick Grolleman)
10. Re: OT - US Hams, WWV closure (Dan Edward Dba East edwards)
11. Was IV3PRK (W0MU Mike Fatchett)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:46:45 -0700
From: Dick Bingham <dick.bingham@gmail.com>
To: Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: IV3PRK AND ALL Those Links !
Message-ID:
<CAMX=kLnAxNmwKPvVqZ9-A92wBiSSrXmn9rE+UPcqHxFJdgVQ_A@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I had no idea those LINKS were included in my email posting
about copying IV3PRK using FT8 on 160 last night. My apology
to all.
I ran WSPR thru the night and discovered DP0GVN copied
W7WKR and W8AC way down in Antarctic-land.
Appears conditions were pretty good on 160 last night.
73 Dick/w7wkr at CN98pi
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:19:24 -0700
From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
Message-ID: <24211f7e-f138-d1e5-2b56-4f2abd415be0@triconet.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Not quite true.? I was a very early users of FT8, my first experience with
any
of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a must have so I installed
it,
not really knowing why.
I was attempting a QSO with a west African station and could tell that I was
being QRMed after the first exchange and while I was sending reports.? I
figured
to just keep sending and wait it out. I use two computer monitors and it
turned
out that when JTAlert popped up once, it was split over the two screens, so
the
message didn't register with me.? The second time it appeared, I got enough
to
know that he was sending me a text message indicating that he had my report
and
just needed my RRR.? I did not send him anything further and uninstalled the
program.
Wes? N7WS
On 8/22/2018 8:23 AM, Pierluigi Mansutti wrote:
> Yes, it is for REAL! nothing remote on this side.
> I really enjoy FT8 because all QSO's are real.If your antennas and your
radio hears the DX then the computer decodes it. No way to call a spot or to
make an internet QSO through a chat line.
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:52:41 -0600
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
Message-ID: <10b7bb68-53f6-23ce-b035-6610a9408ec0@w0mu.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Do you turn off your phone, email and every other communication method
when playing radio?? JTAlert texting is just one of many ways people can
contact you.? He didn't need your RRR either.? RR or rr73 or 73 does not
make a contact.? The exchange of some data is all that is needed.? DXCC
does not require that you confirm reports.? You could have just ignored
the message and continued on.
To each their own but I sure see more people trying not to play radio
these days.
W0MU
On 8/22/2018 2:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> Not quite true.? I was a very early users of FT8, my first experience
> with any of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a must have so
> I installed it, not really knowing why.
>
> I was attempting a QSO with a west African station and could tell that
> I was being QRMed after the first exchange and while I was sending
> reports.? I figured to just keep sending and wait it out. I use two
> computer monitors and it turned out that when JTAlert popped up once,
> it was split over the two screens, so the message didn't register with
> me.? The second time it appeared, I got enough to know that he was
> sending me a text message indicating that he had my report and just
> needed my RRR.? I did not send him anything further and uninstalled
> the program.
>
> Wes? N7WS
>
>
> On 8/22/2018 8:23 AM, Pierluigi Mansutti wrote:
>> Yes, it is for REAL! nothing remote on this side.
>> I really enjoy FT8 because all QSO's are real.If your antennas and
>> your radio hears the DX then the computer decodes it. No way to call
>> a spot or to make an internet QSO through a chat line.
>
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:43:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: donovanf@starpower.net
To: topband <Topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
Message-ID:
<2111052551.19799347.1534974197653.JavaMail.root@starpower.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Hi Hank,
This is an exact quote from page NIST 25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget:
< www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President
's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf>
"NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and frequency via
the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO. These radio stations
transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products
like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other
applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers."
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Kirk" <wd8dsb@gmail.com>
To: "HP" <pfizenmayer@q.com>
Cc: "topband" <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
Hi Hank,
The 60 kHz transmissions are done by WWVB. No mention of WWVB being
impacted by the new budget proposal.
Just FYI, and 73.
Don (wd8dsb)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 1:02 AM, HP <pfizenmayer@q.com> wrote:
> Seems to me the people who should be screaming bloody murder are all the
> millions with watches and clocks
> that correct using the 60 kHz transmissions . Most of those millions
> probably know absolutely nothing about this .
> How do you reach them ?
>
> Hank K7HP
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
>
_________________
Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:31:41 -0500
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
Message-ID:
<CALWD7Z7jgPbWCGGqbnPRt8fCyk60PGY7iVCFWtzun-x1kCA6rw@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>Some folks have commented on WWV's
>minuscule operating expense when compared to the total federal budget, but
>the problem with that thinking is we have thousands of federal programs and
>departmental budgets that also contribute just a tiny fraction to federal
>expense. Collectively, it adds up to a much larger figure. No matter what
>goes away, the impact is felt by someone.
I've heard Fed. Gov't burns through $6 Mil. every minute (maybe it's
every second). In the time it took to read this far, Bam another $6
million. Sure there are lots of dinky things the U.S. blows money on
and if no one defends them then they go away if they're up for a
defund. NIST is sending up a trial balloon maybe? Well, if there
are enough tech. trogs using WWV and we make enough noise, maybe this
dinky little program will get saved. Let them cut funding for some
stupid study on why moss only grows in shade. Bam, there went
another $6 million. Don't know about all of you but I have a hell of
a lot of things to do besides mess around trying to set up my own
rubidium doohicky because WWV went away. Bam there went another $6
million.
73
Rob
K5UJ
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:31:15 -1000
From: K9FD <merv.k9fd@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
Message-ID: <f3723f62-d263-3ad9-1661-bed3ea13cf36@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
NIST budget is 750 million,?? the budget committee is increasing the
years budget to
them by 125 million,??? 100 anniversary celebration coming,
I dont think there is any danger of them going off the air for some time.
>> Some folks have commented on WWV's
>> minuscule operating expense when compared to the total federal budget,
but
>> the problem with that thinking is we have thousands of federal programs
and
>> departmental budgets that also contribute just a tiny fraction to federal
>> expense. Collectively, it adds up to a much larger figure. No matter
what
>> goes away, the impact is felt by someone.
> I've heard Fed. Gov't burns through $6 Mil. every minute (maybe it's
> every second). In the time it took to read this far, Bam another $6
> million. Sure there are lots of dinky things the U.S. blows money on
> and if no one defends them then they go away if they're up for a
> defund. NIST is sending up a trial balloon maybe? Well, if there
> are enough tech. trogs using WWV and we make enough noise, maybe this
> dinky little program will get saved. Let them cut funding for some
> stupid study on why moss only grows in shade. Bam, there went
> another $6 million. Don't know about all of you but I have a hell of
> a lot of things to do besides mess around trying to set up my own
> rubidium doohicky because WWV went away. Bam there went another $6
> million.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:42:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: james soto <kp2bh@yahoo.com>
To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: 160 inverted L with antenna tuner outside
Message-ID: <690028864.1236102.1534984938940@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:24:19 -0700
From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
Message-ID: <2276901b-be4b-9a92-9de5-f48554227b6c@triconet.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
My aren't we testy.? We each operate with our own ethics. You want to work
DXCC
on your phone it's your business.? I'll stick to mine.
N7WS
On 8/22/2018 1:52 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Do you turn off your phone, email and every other communication method
when
> playing radio?? JTAlert texting is just one of many ways people can
contact
> you.? He didn't need your RRR either.? RR or rr73 or 73 does not make a
> contact.? The exchange of some data is all that is needed.? DXCC does not
> require that you confirm reports.? You could have just ignored the message
and
> continued on.
>
> To each their own but I sure see more people trying not to play radio
these days.
>
> W0MU
>
>
> On 8/22/2018 2:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> Not quite true.? I was a very early users of FT8, my first experience
with
>> any of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a must have so I
installed
>> it, not really knowing why.
>>
>> I was attempting a QSO with a west African station and could tell that I
was
>> being QRMed after the first exchange and while I was sending reports.? I
>> figured to just keep sending and wait it out. I use two computer monitors
and
>> it turned out that when JTAlert popped up once, it was split over the two
>> screens, so the message didn't register with me.? The second time it
>> appeared, I got enough to know that he was sending me a text message
>> indicating that he had my report and just needed my RRR.? I did not send
him
>> anything further and uninstalled the program.
>>
>> Wes? N7WS
>>
>>
>> On 8/22/2018 8:23 AM, Pierluigi Mansutti wrote:
>>> Yes, it is for REAL! nothing remote on this side.
>>> I really enjoy FT8 because all QSO's are real.If your antennas and your
>>> radio hears the DX then the computer decodes it. No way to call a spot
or to
>>> make an internet QSO through a chat line.
>>
>> _________________
>> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
>
> _________________
> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 05:52:23 +0000
From: Dick Grolleman <PA3FQA@outlook.com>
To: Dick Bingham <dick.bingham@gmail.com>, "topband@contesting.com"
<topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
Message-ID:
<AM4PR08MB28171D383CFCB6BB149086EE88300@AM4PR08MB2817.eurprd08.prod.outlook.
com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Don't know what you want with all these links, they all look the same to me
and it does not tell me anything.. But yes it is IV3PRK, and he is not using
remote. Luis is very active again specially on FT8.
73 de Dick PA3FQA
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> Namens Dick Bingham
Verzonden: woensdag 22 augustus 2018 07:01
Aan: Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Onderwerp: Topband: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
Is this for real or is he using a remote?
Copying *IV3PRK* ===>
Txmtr
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AF4CD
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sdata=UxBsaqnrjEVg3xvfKF2AHFrhPYHi0IzURV3zw6Y6nHM%3D&reserved=0> 160m
FT8 2360 miles
04:46:14
K0IEA
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porter.info%2Fpskmap.html%23&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79e7fc7d4ba846aa908708d60
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sdata=UxBsaqnrjEVg3xvfKF2AHFrhPYHi0IzURV3zw6Y6nHM%3D&reserved=0> 160m
FT8 1324 miles
04:42:14
N9JF
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porter.info%2Fpskmap.html%23&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79e7fc7d4ba846aa908708d60
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sdata=UxBsaqnrjEVg3xvfKF2AHFrhPYHi0IzURV3zw6Y6nHM%3D&reserved=0> 160m
FT8 1568 miles
04:41:14
W7RH
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porter.info%2Fpskmap.html%23&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79e7fc7d4ba846aa908708d60
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FT8 957 miles 04:41:14 N1KI
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porter.info%2Fpskmap.html%23&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79e7fc7d4ba846aa908708d60
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FT8 2034 miles
04:38:29
W5XZ
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FT8 1728 miles
04:37:59
W7VHM
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FT8 265 miles
04:32:14
N4WLO
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FT8 2094 miles
04:29:14
AF4AI
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04:27:14
W0ERB
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FT8 1351 miles
04:26:14
WD4CNO
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FT8 2471 miles
04:25:44
WD4LYV
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FT8 2244 miles
04:19:44
KV1J
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FT8 2340 miles
04:11:14
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sdata=UxBsaqnrjEVg3xvfKF2AHFrhPYHi0IzURV3zw6Y6nHM%3D&reserved=0> 160m
FT8 1938 miles
04:08:44
*IV3PRK*
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porter.info%2Fpskmap.html%23&data=02%7C01%7C%7C79e7fc7d4ba846aa908708d60
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sdata=UxBsaqnrjEVg3xvfKF2AHFrhPYHi0IzURV3zw6Y6nHM%3D&reserved=0> *160m*
*FT8* *8592 km*
*04:07:14*
KR4NO
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FT8 2177 miles
04:06:15
73 Dick/w7wkr
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:30:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: Dan Edward Dba East edwards <dan.n.edwards@sbcglobal.net>
To: Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net>, "topband@contesting.com"
<topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
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JM2C...
I find WWV on 2.5 Mhz quite useful to verity the directivity of top?band
receiving antennas;? VERY hand for quick troubleshooting...
also, great fun seeing Luis, IV3PRK, QRV again, on FT 8..
73 all, W5XZ, dan
On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 10:55 AM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net>
wrote:
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 03:17:57 +0000
From: Charles Moizeau <w2sh@msn.com>
To: "k3ky@radioprism.com" <k3ky@radioprism.com>, Topband
<topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure
##? David? does not ..get it.? WWV et all is? both? a? Time? AND? Freq?
station.? ? I use the 20 mhz WWV? to align the TCXOs in? all 4 of my yaesu?
xcvrs.
I would be dead in the water without them.? BTW, if you do use? WWV? to
align the TCXO in your? xcvr, any brand,? use the highest freq? WWV that you
can RX.
I have used the 20 mhz? WWV during the daytime even though it was weak, and
had to use a 250 hz? cw? filter, the? job can still be done correctly.? ? If
instead you use
say the? 2.5 mhz? WWV.. vs the? 20 mhz wwv,? your? error? will be off by? 8
X.? IE:? 1 hz off at? 2.5 mhz? = 8 hz off at 20 mhz.? ? I can typ align the?
TCXO at 20 mhz wwv,
within a fraction of one hz.? ? I pre-program all the? wwv freqs in the
memory, cw mode,? narrow filter etc, and leave the covers off.? ? The? xcvr
has to be turned on for several hours
before you can attempt to do the alignment.
##? ANYBODY can sign the petition..from any country .? I just signed it?
minutes ago.? Who cares if they have your? email address ?? The cost savings
they are talking about amounts to very little.
It? would cost a helluva lot more to? dismantle them completely.? Besides?
TIME and freq standards,? WWV? provides? for a myriad of other? features.
Jim? VE7RF? ?
David,
Like you I support the petition.? However, I will lend my name to it because
I don't want to selfishly chicken out for all the valid reasons you note.
Heck, it was only last week that Medicare, after many years, sent me a new
card, proudly announcing how pleased they now are with the fact that cards
do not need to show a social security number.? Gosh, it took what, 50 years,
for that revelation to occur to them!
Yet, I'm still asked several times a month for my SSN, and stopped in my
tracks if I don't give it.
I agree with you in that I can't understand the prevailing rush to abandon
one's privacy.? It amazes me that almost 30 percent of this planet's
population actively uses Facebook.
I haven't the slightest intention of ever joining the braggarts, liars and
narcissists in the playpens where they almost daily feed, feast and upchuck
.
However, my life has been worthily enriched by Google Earth, Google
Translate, and yes, out of laziness, or as you might put it, carelessness,
Google Search.? I buy stuff from Amazon and use EZ-Pass on my car.? I know
I'm walking naked, but so is everyone else (and don't be so sure that you
aren't as well).
Take comfort, David, in the fact that naked or perhaps a bit less so, we're
both smarter than most of the dolts and dopes out there who collect all our
stuff.
73,
Charles, W2SH.
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:50:38 -0600
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Was IV3PRK
Message-ID: <245ed492-1535-d8d8-552b-4ea35c6a0bf5@w0mu.com>
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I don't use my phone to make contacts.? I use CW, RTTY, FT8, SSB in no
particular order.
It is up to each of us to determine what we should log and what we
should not.
I am sure that we all have received emails from people asking if we had
a contact.? I see no difference.
Worked TX5T the other morning on Topband, already confirmed LOTW!? Thanks.
W0MU
On 8/22/2018 10:24 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> My aren't we testy.? We each operate with our own ethics. You want to
> work DXCC on your phone it's your business.? I'll stick to mine.
>
> N7WS
>
> On 8/22/2018 1:52 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>> Do you turn off your phone, email and every other communication
>> method when playing radio?? JTAlert texting is just one of many ways
>> people can contact you.? He didn't need your RRR either.? RR or rr73
>> or 73 does not make a contact.? The exchange of some data is all that
>> is needed.? DXCC does not require that you confirm reports.? You
>> could have just ignored the message and continued on.
>>
>> To each their own but I sure see more people trying not to play radio
>> these days.
>>
>> W0MU
>>
>>
>> On 8/22/2018 2:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>>> Not quite true.? I was a very early users of FT8, my first
>>> experience with any of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a
>>> must have so I installed it, not really knowing why.
>>>
>>> I was attempting a QSO with a west African station and could tell
>>> that I was being QRMed after the first exchange and while I was
>>> sending reports.? I figured to just keep sending and wait it out. I
>>> use two computer monitors and it turned out that when JTAlert popped
>>> up once, it was split over the two screens, so the message didn't
>>> register with me.? The second time it appeared, I got enough to know
>>> that he was sending me a text message indicating that he had my
>>> report and just needed my RRR.? I did not send him anything further
>>> and uninstalled the program.
>>>
>>> Wes? N7WS
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/22/2018 8:23 AM, Pierluigi Mansutti wrote:
>>>> Yes, it is for REAL! nothing remote on this side.
>>>> I really enjoy FT8 because all QSO's are real.If your antennas and
>>>> your radio hears the DX then the computer decodes it. No way to
>>>> call a spot or to make an internet QSO through a chat line.
>>>
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