Duane,
Just as an "FYI" there is a SURPRISING amount of random activity on the WSJT
calling frequencies, particularly during contests. During the past several
January contests at N3NGE's we've worked nearly a dozen completely random
qso's on 50.260 via WSJT.... no scheduling required!
Give the mode a try... I think you'll like it!
73, Paul w2ped
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:17:08 -0700
> From: n9dg@yahoo.com
> To: k7cw@yahoo.com; vhfcontesting@contesting.com; chetsubaccount@snet.net
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/18/08, Chet, N8RA <chetsubaccount@snet.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Chet, N8RA <chetsubaccount@snet.net>
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VHF contesting ethics questions
> > To: "'Paul Kiesel'" <k7cw@yahoo.com>, "'VHF Contest Reflector'"
> > <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 12:16 PM
> > Hi Paul,
> > A ping jockey listing by station saying he is now on freq X
> > using modulation
> > Y now calling CQ is really a self-spot by that station.
> > That itself is
> > something not allowed for him by another rule I think, and
> > it is not
> > permitted for a person entering as a single op to connect
> > to that
> > assistance. This PJ spot is not really different than a
> > packet spot, isn't
> > it?
>
> I really do think that WSJT is a genuinely cool mode. However what has really
> kept me from really wanting to pursue it is the standard operating practice
> of real-time or near real-time Internet coordination of a majority of the
> QSO's done with it. In fact in general I'm just not a big fan of scheduling
> contacts at all. Which is also why EME (WSJT or otherwise) hasn't really
> tripped my trigger much either, there's just too much "scheduling" of Q's for
> it to intrigue me much.
>
> Now if WSJT was implemented in a CWSkimmer like configuration where it was
> watching a wide swath of spectrum for totally random (i.e. unscheduled)
> signals then I'd be all over it. I want it to be me and/or my equipment to
> find the signals through my own antennas on the band of interest. It's just
> not as sporting to me to look for someone because they told me that they were
> there. Too much like commercial game farm "hunting", ... and with some
> animals even tied up... Now some will argue that "running the bands" is
> tantamount to scheduled contacts as well, perhaps it is to a degree, but
> finding that other station to work at all in the first place (without using
> outside means or schedules) I think is the critical differentiator.
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
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