I don't know if I would call it lazy but it certainly is a matter of
ease and convenience. Just look at all the new expeditions that focus
primarily, if not exclusively, on FT-8. No need to for seasoned, highly
skilled, ace operators to dig out weak calls signs from huge CW piles
which sound like a swarm of buzzing mosquitos. . . or SSB piles for that
matter. My 11 year old great nephew could run the piles once things got
set up.
73. . . Dave, W0FLS
On 1/5/2024 1:08 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 1/5/2024 10:53 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
My personal
feeling is some people are lazy.
Hi Mike,
It has NOTHING to do with lazy. It has everything to do with NOISE.
Those of us not living in the middle of nowhere have greatly increased
noise levels over the last 20 years. When I moved to W6 in 2006, I
could work EU on CW several nights a year (remember, we have to go
through the auroral oval to get there). In the last seven years, I've
heard six EU stations on CW, and two have heard me. And that's with
the same TX and RX antennas.
Using FT8, I made several dozen EU QSOs during solar minima years,
adding about 25 countries. My computer did not build my station, did
not put up my antennas, and I learned propagation through extensive
study.
Sitting in VE9, is like running home from third base and thinking you
hit a home run.
Thanks for the RAC QSOs.
73, Jim K9YC
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