[VHFcontesting] VHF contesting; VE9AA thoughts

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Agree with you 100%.

Best of health and good luck in the future Mike.


Paul ex KC8LGL
         ex N8LGL

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:57 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> My opinion is worth exactly what you've paid for it, hi!
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> FT8 came along some years back and ruined my 6m & 2m experience.  I don't
> want my computer working your computer and not hear anything in the
> speaker.
> Technically I think it's AMAZING though.(I know there are folks doing it
> with BOT programs too...)
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> My opinion is, a lot of people are lazy so FT8 rules. 99% of activity on
> 6m/2m- day in, day out is FT8.  Yawn!
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> Until you can separate FT# contests from Analog contests, people will
> continue to be lazy and you're not going to hear much on CW/SSB...day to
> day.  In contests, only  a little more.
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> Thank goodness I worked all my 2m/6m grids, countries, states, zones and
> whatever the hard way (Legacy modes) and can at least be proud of that.  I
> mean, nobody cares what this guy has worked for  DX except the guy looking
> back at me in the mirror every morning.
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> 73 Mike VE9AA
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> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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