That is FT8. There is no involvement once the contact starts. That is
the beauty of it. The automation is no legal in the USA and many
other places but I doubt it will be addressed much like excessive
power. It is never addressed. Do it right. Don't worry about others.
Have fun.
The RTTY difference is that they come back to me and I moved, they can't
find me, they waste more time sending w0mu 599 over and over and over
again. That is not better in my book. If have not left. I push one
other button to make a contact. Seems pretty similar to me.
To each their own.
W0MU
On 7/3/2018 2:59 PM, ANDY DURBIN 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 have no opinion on the experience of the DXpedition operator. Never been one
and not likely to be one.
73,
Andy k3wyc
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