AMEN!
TBDXC Member #91
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73, Tony K4QE
> On Jan 31, 2019, at 5:36 PM, daraymond@iowatelecom.net wrote:
>
> There is simply no substitute for the real, direct, visceral connection one
> has with the person on the other end with either CW or SSB modes. I'll be in
> charge of the QSO, thank you. Not my computer.
>
> 73. . . Dave, W0FLS
>
> -----Original Message----- From: cqtestk4xs--- via Topband
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:59 PM
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: FT-8
>
> This thread has been addressed on various reflectors.
> I've tried it, made around 400 contacts or so, and found the mode pretty
> boring. Even with my pileups on FT-8 the mode left me cold. I felt the same
> way with RTTY...tried it and found it boring. Why? With CW SSB/AM I felt a
> connection with the other person, someone sending with a key or a person
> speaking to me. With RTTY and especially FT-8 my machine is decoding your
> machine. Oh yeah, I know my XCVR is a machine and so is yours, but for me
> it's not the same.
> I understand why guys get all hot and bothered about the new mode, it gives
> the guys who don't know CW a chance to work DX on a mode other than SSB and
> gives the weaker signal guys a chance to work DX. For the guys with bigger
> stations it gives them a chance to work the rarer ones on tough bands like,
> 160 or 6. Maybe that's why I'm not into FT-8, I've got a big station, and
> can work CW. Also, I've never been really into putting the new one in the
> log as much as many guys are...I'm more of a contester.
> If you want to work your pileups and/or work 300 countries on FT-8, that's
> fine with me. I'm not going to look down my nose at you but please don't
> condescendingly tell me I'm a dinosaur or refuse to accept new technology.
> I'm accepting it, I just don't want to be part of it. No hard feelings.
> Bill KH7XS/KH7B/K4XS
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