[VHFcontesting] Picking a Bone with Gene (Part 2)

[Ron Hooper]

I do not use WSJT but not because of needing to make a schedule to make the
contact. I do think random contacts are possible from what I have been told
by the experienced WSJT operators.

Ron

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Kenneth E. Harker
<kenharker at kenharker.com>wrote:

> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 01:25:19PM -0500, Les Rayburn wrote:
>
> > My view is that the "World Above 50mhz" is a lofty pulpit and the words
> > spoken in those inches of print hold sway over a lot of people. It's not
> > some random posting on a blog or e-mail reflector. Therefore, I'd
> appreciate
> > a bit more care when making such blanket statements in the future.
>
> I appreciate the fact that Gene has decades of active operating experience
> in VHF/UHF DXing and contesting and writes an interesting,
> thought-provoking,
> discussion-provoking column.
>
> > For me, the issue isn't why operators are using WSJT, it's why are they
> not?
>
> The only effective way to use WSJT is through pre-arranged schedules, and
> that completely kills all the joy out of it for me.  A decade ago, I
> dabbled
> for a while in HSMS CW on 144 MHz, and after I got over the initial "hey,
> that's kind of neat" experience with the first two or three QSOs, it really
> wasn't that entertaining.  I've had a lot more fun working randoms on
> 144.200
> SSB during a shower or on Eskip during an opening.  A lot more fun.
>
> The more you take the operator out of the QSO finding and making process,
> be it WSJT or CW skimmer or whatever, the less fun it is.
>
> --
> Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
> kenharker at kenharker.com
> http://www.kenharker.com/
>
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