Topband: https://clublog.org/logsearch/CB0ZA

[Saulius Zalnerauskas]

I am not sure 100% about robot, but it is very similar to what I wrote.
After, I found few QSOs with me, just checked few known call signs in their
LOG, found also same.
Sam LY5W

2024-02-19, pr 21:54, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> rašė:

> On 2/19/2024 7:27 AM, Saulius Zalnerauskas wrote:
> > Look's like this "Sherlock Holmes" not understand what CB0ZA Robot doing.
>
> It is unreasonable to assume that all FT8 QSOs are with robots. I know
> some of the very experienced CW ops who run FT8 on expeditions. WSJT-X
> software makes the mode quite time-efficient for expeditions. It's a
> replacement for RTTY, not CW.
>
> It should be observed that no less a great engineer and operator than
> AA7JV is a strong believer in the mode. George is one of the best
> operators and most innovative engineers I know. And he's got great big
> balls! Check out his history. This is a guy who would swim hundred of
> yards to to his boat anchored offshore to upload the log, which was on a
> thumb drive in a baggie in his mouth. And who designed very effective
> topband antennas specifically for the conditions on the islands where he
> planned to set up. And who designed and built diplexers for Topband
> transmitting antennas so that both CW and FT8 stations could be active
> simultaneously every night, so that the "magic" openings that usually
> occur one or two nights out of 3 weeks would not be missed. And who
> invented "Radio In A Box," drastically reducing the cost and physical
> difficulty of expeditions to islands.
>
> I made several QSOs with the CB0 team this weekend during ARRL DX CW.
> Great ops made it easy to work them. I did not work 160 this weekend --
> storms have taken out all of my RX antennas.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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