On 5/13/2020 7:51 AM, Henk PA5KT via Topband wrote:
That is because for some people it can be useful information if they
want to make contacts.
Yes. Cluster and RBN spots can be quite useful for showing propagation.
WSJT-X can be set to automatically post every decode to PSKReporter.
Anyone can view propagation on a map for various time periods from 15
min to a day or two, looking for ANY signal, for a given mode, and for
any callsign, including his own or a DX station. I can call CQ on 160
FT8 and see where I am being decoded.
In the first 3-4 years after moving to W6 in 2006, I worked a dozen or
so EU countries, all CW. I've heard only 6 EU stations on CW, all during
contests, and worked only two of them, even though I have the same RX
antennas and better TX antennas. The difference is noise, on both ends
of the QSO. Since FT8 can work 10 dB deeper into the noise than CW, this
has allowed me to add about 15 new countries in EU that I can't even
hear on CW.
73, Jim K9YC
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