Topband: FT-8

[Wes]

A great summary of my feelings.

Wes  N7WS


On 2/1/2019 4:03 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> Bill just about summarized my feelings.  I get no satisfaction from modes
> where I can't even hear anything
>
> in the speaker.  I love that technology is marching forward, BUT I want to
> be there with it.
>
> I am with CW and SSB and to a much lesser degree RTTY (I do a vy small
> amount of RTTY (maybe 2-3% of my contesting a year is RTTY)..but even with
> RTTY I'm involved, tuning signals, adjusting filters, guessing callsigns
> when the software won't quite get it.
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> The one thing I don't like about FT-8, is that on 6m I can (sometimes) call
> my guts out on CW or SSB and not work anyone (even though prop is there),
> whereas up the band there are FT-8 signals all piled on top of one another.
> Same for 160m I guess.
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> It's partially generational.  Give me DX "now" and don't make me work for it
> at all (so says the masses).
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> I'll stop there before I get into real trouble, hi !
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> Mike VE9AA
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