Topband: Summer Update & a Surprise

[uy0zg]

Hi Andy  Hi All

Absolutely simple and correct.

Why don't ARRL leaders understand this?

It is not possible to equate the results of a robot operator with the 
results of a human operator.

For FT8, there should only be a separate category for DXCC.



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Nick, UY0ZG
http://www.topband.in.ua

Andrzej_SP6AEG писал 2019-08-01 14:20:
> In my humble opinion, FT8 should have nothing to do with the 
> competitors of
> DXCC Mix, CW, SSB or RTTY. RTTY emission was killed in short 
> wavelengths,
> expeditions in the increasing percentage use FT8 as the basic emission 
> and
> this is not due to the lack of propagation. I think, the issue of FT8 
> should
> be treated as a separate competition not included in DXCC Mix, CW, SSB 
> and
> digital. Then we can talk about competition. Otherwise, it loses the 
> value
> of DXCC from before FT8. The discussions on this list about receiving
> antennas, the fight against QRM, etc. will end.
> 
> Andy
> SP6AEG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> uy0zg
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:09 PM
> To: Peter Sundberg
> Cc: daraymond at iowatelecom.net; k1zm at aol.com; topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Summer Update & a Surprise
> 
> Hi Topbanders !
> 
> 
> Everything is easy to fix.
> 
> There should be a strict separation of achievements -
> 
> 1. They are made only by man.
> 
> 2. They are made only on the computer.
> 
> 
> Delete Mixed Achievement Chart :
> 
> http://www.arrl.org/system/dxcc/view/DXCC-160M-20190731-A4.pdf#page=1&zoom=a
> uto,-12,848
> 
> And then FT8 (and many future FTs ....) will lose popularity.
> 
> Only children will play with them ...
> 
> 
> ---
> Nick, UY0ZG
> http://www.topband.in.ua
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Sundberg писал 2019-07-31 20:31:
>> If we CW operators would all stay on a very tight frequency passband
>> and call CQ every 15 seconds I bet there would be a lot of interesting
>> things happening to us also. Especially if we do it 24/7 or at least
>> every hour that we are not asleep.
>> 
>> However, PC-automation has it's advantages, some are at work while
>> working DX and others are gardening. Some even sit by the radio/PC and
>> watch things happen :-)
>> 
>> Bottom line is, we need to activate our transmitters more and not just
>> listen for others. A perfect example is Bill KH7XS who opens up almost
>> any seemingly "dead" band to Europe, at any time, just by calling CQ
>> for a while.
>> 
>> CW is not only great fun as you say Dave, CW is King!
>> 
>> 73
>> Peter SM2CEW
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