[CQ-Contest] RBN Stats for CQWW CW

[Jeff Clarke]

Ed,

Some of these FT8 guys sure seem territorial like nets, SSTVer's and 
DXer's. I had several FT8 stations intentionally send digital on top of 
me during the ARRL 160 contest this weekend. I was at least a couple 
kc's away from the 1840 FT8 frequency. I was on 1842.5 and some guy got 
on CW and told me to move. Of course the chicken didn't identify with 
his call.

I would beg to differ that FT8 doesn't impact CW contesting. (just like 
the 40 meter RTTY frequencies.) The frequency for FT8 on 160 meters is 
right in a prime section of the CW band. Why not move them higher in the 
band?

Jeff


On 12/8/2019 06:31 AM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> As these figures suggest, I have seen no impact on HF Contest participation as a result of FT8.  Its changed VHF contesting but that’s easily changed if the VHF Contesting community wants to do it.
>
> The enormous impact has been on DXing, in all forms.  That’s a genie that unfortunately is not going back into the bottle.  In my case, virtually destroying that aspect of the hobby for me.  It is what it is.
>
> Thankfully, I remain passionate and very upbeat on HF contesting.
>
> Ed  N1UR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Filipe Lopes
> Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019 3:11 PM
> To: Tim Shoppa
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RBN Stats for CQWW CW
>
> Thanks Tim
>
> 73's Filipe Lopes
> CT1ILT - CR6K
> F4VPX - TM3M
>
>
> Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> escreveu no dia sábado, 7/12/2019 à(s) 19:20:
>
>> CT1ILT asks:
>>> Thanks for sharing, was there an increase compared to previous years?
>> The raw RBN spot archive is actually available online for research by
>> anyone interested. Go to reversebeacon.net, click on "dx spots", then
>> "download raw data".
>>
>> For past 4 years:
>>
>> 2016: 6,065,066 RBN spots
>> 2017: 7,007,320 RBN spots
>> 2018: 8,388,800 RBN spots
>> 2019: 8,745,037 RBN spots
>>
>> Tim N3QE
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