Seconded. They had to pry the stick-shift out of my hand, too, when my CRV was trashed by a drunk and, valuing gas mileage over sportiness, I got a Prius.
Still, I wouldn’t want the self-driving model. Wayne ---- http://www.elecraft.com > On Mar 3, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quoting myself in part from an email to my DX club reflector re: FT8 > > "I think I will set a personal standard, at least for awards purposes, that > 1) I will be at the controls of the station. 2) I won't count any QSO that > couldn't have been copied on CW. 3) I won't count any QSO that requires the > software to have prior knowledge of the two station calls or could not be > copied by an uninterested third party. > > I'm sure there will be critics who declare that I'm an old fogy who is > longing for the return of spark. Nothing could be further from the truth. I > have worked on the cutting edge of new technologies for years. But, I also > believe that there should be some value added by way of operator skill." > > Since that time I'm adding 4) If JTAlert pops up with a text message from my > QSO partner wherein he tells me what he's copied and what I should send next, > I will not complete the QSO. > > Wes N7WS > > > >> On 3/3/2018 4:57 PM, William Levy wrote: >> As an old dog I am sorry to see that FT8 has become all the rage. >> I grew up with a few vacuum tubes and a dipole. AM carrier controlled, 5 >> tube receivers. Loved CW when I had very little. Love SSB with big antennas >> and towers. >> >> FT8 changes the game. No more rag chews. So this is what DX has become. No >> big power, no big antennas. Someone will write an app that will tell the >> radio to keep calling cq and log contacts. V.2 of the App will record new >> prefixes and club log it. >> >> I may feel critical as I write this but the future is not mine and all is >> fair in love and war. >> >> Sincerely, Bill N2WL > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
