Hi Gregg,
From where I sit, the advantage is that FT8 allows operators who don't
know CW to "light up" a grid with modest stations and make QSOs under
conditions that simply don't support a SSB QSO. Yes, CW is MUCH faster
-- IF there are good ops on both ends. But FT8 also goes at least 6 dB
deeper into the noise than CW, and CW is at least 10 dB better than SSB.
I worked 40 new grids last season, and 40 new ones this season. Last
season, all but three were worked with WSJT-X. Eight were MSK144 to two
hams doing grid trips. The rest were evenly split between JT65 and FT8.
This year I've ONLY worked FT8. I estimate that at least half of those
80 grids have no hams who work CW and are active on 6M.
73, Jim K9YC
On 6/21/2018 1:34 PM, [email protected] wrote:
I'm not convinced of the merit of FT8 when trying to work multi hop E skip.
It takes too long to complete and exchange and propagation is constantly
changing. Several stations that I missed on FT8 were strong enough for a 10
-15 second CW Q, but were not strong enough over 60 seconds to complete an
FT8 Q.
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