Topband: FT-8 Contest would be great for Topband

[Rob Atkinson]

>Modes over last 2 hours

Some may say this is nit picking but to me it is important:

MOST of those so called modes listed are NOT different modes of
transmission, they are digital protocols.  A mode of transmission is a
method for altering a RF carrier so it conveys information.   CW is a
mode.  So is AM.  Spark is not a mode; it is an altogether different
way of generating RF.  FSK is a mode.

With most computer generated digital data transmissions, the method is
the same; only the digital protocol changes.  Therefore, they are not
separate discrete modes.  Let's not aggrandize computer generated
transmission--a lot of digital stuff is one mode, but many different
formats or protocols.

73

Rob
K5UJ