Topband: Top Band and JT65

[Peter Sundberg]

Mark,

What you are saying is, that by using the K1JT shorthand messages, i 
e single carriers representing a report, confirmation "RRR" and "73" 
we are seeing a wonderful advancement in communication technology. JT 
shorthand messages are nothing but a carrier at a certain frequency 
offset. They are used all the time to make these wonderful QSO's, 
taking people up the DXCC ladder at higher speed than ever before.

If only detecting a carrier would have provided me with confirmation 
of a QSO on Top Band I would certainly have more countries in my log 
than I do now..

There is nothing wonderful about lowering the amount of data 
transferred via the airwaves to virtually nothing to complete a QSO, 
it is going backwards rather than forward in advancement in my view.

73
Peter SM2CEW


At 20:29 2017-05-21, Mark K3MSB wrote:

>There is nothing wrong with the JT modes;  they are a wonderful advancement
>in communications technology in the spirit of the advancement of amateur
>radio.