Please also give credit for FT-8 occupying only a few Khz'a around 1840 and
compare this to a Top Band CW contest where it is at times difficult to
find a clear spot from 1800 to 1950 and even higher. Could you imagine an
AM Topband contest as 10 stations each 6 to 10 Hhz wide would pretty much
do it? My Globe Scout would not have stood a change.
Herb. KV4FZ
On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:40 PM Edward Sawyer <sawyered@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Hi Jay. The IP address is actually tied to your device and is picked up
> and identified on the internet. My point was that the machine deserves the
> credit for the DXCC. That’s all.
>
>
>
> I would totally agree with you that if all this was about was RTTY
> morphing to FT8 then its not very different. However, FT8 is pulling on
> other modes clearly based on this dialog.
>
>
>
> At the end of the day, some people care whether they are part of the
> action, and some people don’t. Those of us that do seem to have a pretty
> universal distaste for FT-8.
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
>
>
> *From:* JAYB1943@OPTONLINE.NET [mailto:JAYB1943@OPTONLINE.NET]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:35 PM
> *To:* Edward Sawyer; 'Herbert Schoenbohm'
> *Cc:* 'TopBand List'
> *Subject:* Re: Topband: JA's came in droves today on 160
>
>
>
> *Ed – the “IP address” and the internet have nothing to do with the FT8
> mode other than that’s how you initially download the WSJT-X program...so
> why is the transition from RTTY to FT8 any different than the transition
> from AM to SSB again ?*
>
> * jay ny2ny*
>
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