Topband: FT8 - the end of 160m old school DXing? (long)

[Ian_Wade_G3NRW]

Hi Steve

You've certainly stirred up some QRM here!

I can visualize you right now, tinny in one hand and turning the barbie 
with the other, saying to yourself: "Was it something I said?"

:-)

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73
Ian, G3NRW
g3nrw at g3nrw.net

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On 25/10/2017 09:25, Steve Ireland wrote:
> G’day
>
> As a committed (yeah, that’s probably the right word - complete with white jacket that laces up at the back) topbander since 1970, I’ve never been so intrigued and disturbed by anything on the band as the emergence of the Franke-Taylor FT-8 digital mode.
>
> [big snip]