AMEN... Pass the cornbread!😛
K5DL Sent from my iPad > On May 29, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Eric Rosenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > As one who has operated from obscure locatons (including 9L, J2, and YJ) > with gear that I carried on an airplane, I find your comments both naive > and snobbish. > > As I write this, I'm sitting in a room on small island (PJ7) running QRP > FT8 into a loop antenna on the balcony. Although I made a couple of Q's on > CW, my intent was to use FT8. All keyboarding... no mic or paddle. > > It's been lots of fun, and that's what ham radio is all about. TheFT8 UI > has lots of fascinating information, much of which I can use for future > travel. > > I'm not here to win any prizes or awards. I do have the extreme > satisfaction of giving 25 stations this rare mult during the WPX contest, > and making many more FT8 contacts as I've been on nightly for short periods > of time over the last couple of nights. > > And yes, they will all get paper QSL cads (remember them?). No computers > running in your shack? No need for LoTW! > > Remember when folks said SSB would kill ham radio? how about PSK vs RTTY? > AM vs FM on the VHF bands? The list goes on: packet clusters, the reverse > beacon network, LoTW, panadapters. Add FT8 as the latest cause of the > demise and/or death of CW, contesting, and ham radio (any or all of them). > What's next? > > So get off your high horse. It's not about you, it's about the guy on the > other end... the one *without* a tower, *without* a yagi, *without* an > amplifier and all the gizmos you may have. The guy who worked hard to work > you and then sent you a card via the bureau. Don't forget him! > > 73, > Eric W3DQ > At the moment PJ7/W3DQ > > ---------------------- > On Tue, 28 May 2019, Mark K3MSB <[email protected]> wrote: > > I spent 9 days in Haiti as HH6/K3MSB a few weeks ago on a missions trip to > Les Cayes, which is in the remote southwestern part of the island. As the > fellow I was traveling with was a ham, we of course hung some wires at our > guest house and had some on-the-air fun. This was good as there really > isn't much to do in the evenings down there. Actually, aside from > reading, there isn't anything to do in the evenings down there. But I > digress..... > > To protect the innocent (or the guilty....) I'll call my friend “John”. > > I did CW and John did some CW but mainly FT-8. John wanted me to do some > FT-8, but after watching him for a bit I said to “wake me when it's time > for some real radio”. I've seen FT-8 before and I just can't get into > it. I can't get into any computer mode, mainly because I've been a software > engineer for almost 40 year and dealing with computers at home is a > non-starter with me. I like ARC-5s, BC-348s, and Navy RBB's > myself...... But again, I digress.. > > <remainder of message deleted> > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
