Topband: Subject: Re: Straws in the Wind ....A 160m Dx'ing Sea Change

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 4/1/2018 9:44 AM, Pete Rimmel N8PR wrote:
> This is just the same type of comment that was made back when SSB took over for AM Phone operations.
> 
> SSB was considered “Not Real Ham Radio”  and now is not even a pause in anyone’s mind about it being a “development” mode.
> 
> FT8 is the same...  a development that allows us to hear deeper into the noise.
> 

This is a false analogy.  The objection to FT8 has to do with
the automation aspect.  If it were just yet another
"improved RTTY" mode, the objection would be muted.

BTW, FT8 doesn't involve "hearing" in the first place.
I guess you could say "printing into the noise".

73
Rick N6RK