[TowerTalk] Fwd: MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

Why does there have to be so much hate for people doing a legal ham 
radio activity?  Do you get his name, resume and weather report working 
dx pileups or contests?  Nope.  I guess that is not ham radio either.  
Did he/she discuss all their health issues? Nope.  Sorry not a real 
contact. Satellite, I guess that is not a real QSO either.  Use a code 
reader... Sorry no good.  What else?

I think most people that have the luxury of decent systems, tower, 
antennas and rigs should go try to play radio from an apartment or HOA 
controlled area.  These FT modes allow people to get on and have fun.

Stop bashing other hams and how they operate.  I am glad that the haters 
are not in charge.  Please stop telling me and others what a QSO is, 
what ham radio is.  You do what you like and be happy and the rest of us 
will do the same.

Embrace those that are actually active.  These people are buying gear, 
learning, putting up antennas, etc.

Enough of the disparaging comments.  While so many of you complain about 
the FT modes, the rest of us are actually having fun.

W0MU Mike


On 4/28/2024 7:40 AM, Steve Harrison wrote:
> On 4/28/2024 6:13 AM, John Webster NN1SS wrote:
>> WSJTx and its derivatives have created a growing world-wide market for
>> small, simple and software-driven. One no longer needs a backyard, a
>> tribander and all the "accoutrements" that MFJ sells for global HF
>> communications.
>>
>> Last week I worked BH7HQT on 20m FT8. You can see his apartment 
>> "station"
>> on QRZ - small, simple, software driven.  The HF bands are now 
>> accessible
>> to apartment dwellers living in the largest of the world's population
>> centers.
>
> Really??
>
> Did he tell you his name?
>
> His QTH, that he lived in an apartment, and on what floor??
>
> What was the weather like there?
>
> What rig was he using, and his antenna? How long has he been a ham? How
> many in his family, and is he the breadwinner or a younger guy still
> living with his parents?
>
> For that matter, how did you even know whether he was a he, and not a
> she, until you looked him up on the internet??
>
> If you know any of that information, did you get any of it over the air,
> or did you merely copy it from his qrz.com page?
>
> If the latter, you didn't really have a QSO with him: you merely
> exchanged signal reports, and even that very precariously.
>
> Folks who claim they had a "QSO" on FT8 or any other such digital mode
> are just fooling themselves... like the emperor without clothes. All you
> really do is exchange signal reports, the same as those of us who chase
> and work DXpeditions on CW or voice (except we can actually stop for a
> moment and say "HI!!").  8-D
>
> Steve, K0XP
>
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