[CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests

[Peter Voelpel]

You better read how FT-8 works and compare 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gilbert [mailto:ab7echo at gmail.com] 
Sent: Freitag, 18. Februar 2022 22:13
To: Peter Voelpel; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests


Wrong.  FT8 has nothing to do with CW, but the signal processing behind 
it could be used to significantly enhance CW.  Think RTTY with MUCH 
better S/N and an audible output instead of text on the screen.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 2/18/2022 12:03 PM, Peter Voelpel wrote:
> That communication technique has nothing in common with CW at all!
>
> 73
> Peter, DJ7WW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+dj7ww=t-online.de at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> David Gilbert
>
> The signal processing techniques utilized in FT8 could have been used to
> enhance the signal-to-noise of normal CW in a way that would have been
> virtually transparent to the operator
>