[VHFcontesting] VHFcontesting Digest, Vol 77, Issue 4

[Joel WU8Y]

> If Gene doesn't want to use advanced digital modes either in contests or
> in his personal enjoyment of the hobby, he's more than welcome NOT to.
> But as a columnist for a membership-based organization (and not an
> purely "entertainment" publication), he's wrong to push that agenda from
> the pages of the ARRL's membership magazine.
>
> I agree with the original poster, he's out of line.
>
> To make the point even clearer:  In the U.S., the FCC CHARTER that
> covers why our radio service even EXISTS states that we are to
> "contribute to the advancement of the radio art".
>

I agree with Nate WY0X. Can anyone copy RTTY or PSK31 by ear? Also
remember that CW was designed for _mechanical_ reception; it's only
that the operators got used to the pattern of *clunk*s of the bar that
anyone thinks it's copyable by ear.

73 de Joel WU8Y