>"However going to reversebeacon.net and entering my callsign - I can find
out that I am indeed getting out and the band is open..."
If PSKReporter is to believed, total global CW activity across bands is now
less than 1% of FT8. For example, look at the report for the last 12 hours
(0.4%). This trend began rising dramatically during November, 2018.
We can all pretend it's "band conditions" driving these statistics, but I
think it's much more than that. The numbers show that FT8 has become an
insatiable HF video game.
https://pskreporter.info/cgi-bin/pskstats.pl
I have no idea as to the accuracy of input drivers that make the reported
statistics, nor how it's all compiled. Anyone?
Paul, W9AC
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