> On Jul 3, 2018, at 1:59 PM, ANDY DURBIN <[email protected]> wrote: > > "How is it any different than the RTTY setups used for DXpeditions that > would do essentially the same thing, listen over a wide range and stack the > calls heard?" > > The, in my opinion huge, difference is that FT8 DXpedition mode does not even > require the operator to be in the shack to complete the QSO. All it takes is > to start auto TX of your grid and then walk away. As long as your call gets > on the stack before your watchdog times out (assuming you have not defeated > it) then the rest is automatic, including waking up your TX Enable if it had > timed out. > > Two of my KH1 FT8 QSO were completed after I had given up and turned off TX > Enable. Although I was still in the shack I had no involvement in completing > the QSO. I was just a spectator. That is very different from the level of > interaction required to complete a QSO in CW, Phone, or RTTY.
I believe that’s what led to the “magic” comment in the overheard discussion. That, in fact, this sort of operation is in a class of its own. Wayne ______________________________________________________________ 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]
