[CQ-Contest] FT8 not allowed in Winter Field Day?

[rjairam at gmail.com]

Why?

Is telemetry not an important capability we can use? This is a very
practical possible application of WSJT modes. Furthermore even by
itself modes like WSPR can help us automatically measure propagation
to measure capabilities of our stations, i.e. determining when the
band opens and closes at our location. You can even do that in FT8
where a wider variety of signals from various places arrive at our
antennas. And even going further, as mentioned, JS8Call takes FT8 all
the way to a full conversational mode.

There are hams now who are saying "FT8 is not real radio because it's
computers talking to one another" or "it requires no skill." To that I
say, nonsense. As hams we have found new ways to communicate over the
years. We should embrace this sort of progress.


73
Ria, N2RJ

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 22:42, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That makes good sense to me.
>
> Communications modes in an emergency situation must be able to carry a
> payload of information.  The mode must be robust enough to carry a payload
> beyond “R-17” and “RR73”.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 15:38 Sean Waite <waisean at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > One comment that was suggested in a thread elsewhere was that Field Day is
> > about being able to test out our ability to deploy in "emergency"
> > situations. FT8 cannot really be used in this type of situation because of
> > it's limited vocabulary.
> >
> > Sean WA1TE
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:44 PM Neil Johnson via CQ-Contest <
> > cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Just curious as to why the sudden rules change?
> > >
> > > https://www.winterfieldday.com/rules
> > >
> > > D-Star and Fusion contacts are allowed why not FT8?
> > >
> > >
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