Topband: Top Band and JT65

[Jim Murray]

    I hate to weigh in on this since it's been beaten to death already but just another opinion.  Over the years I've tried several digital modes starting with psk31.  There weren't many  signals on the band at that time but now I see there are many.  Not to long ago I ventured into JT65 and JT9.  Quite a learning curve for an Ol'timer.  I considered all the digital operation as something new to learn for a change and enjoyed the learning part.  Once I got everything running properly I would begin to loose interest.  To me, just not the challenge of dxing mostly cw and ssb.  Seems the biggest skill comes from the people who write the software like Joe Taylor or Peter Martinez.  From that point you just click the mouse or type on the keyboard.  Very impersonal at times using F key exchanges etc..  But, that's just ones opinion.  Whatever floats your boat.

Jimk2hn