Also Gentlemen, These modes are NOT mutually exclusive.
During the Fall/Winter/Spring I spend a lot of time on 160 and 80. My station is located in the City of San Jose on a 1/4 acre lot. Much local noise so while my signal is pretty decent I don’t hear very well. I tune the band looking for stations I can hear above the local noise and then I call CQ. I work the stations I can hear. Back and forth - tune - CQ - time. Then I run off to FT8 to see if there is any action there. Back and forth. I’m having a great time (while being “hard of hearing” can be very frustrating (and sometimes depressing) listening to the Big Boys works stations I can’t hear :-)) Both modes work for me. I much prefer CW but I’ll take what I can get! YMMV! Bob/AA6VB Robert L. Chortek > On Oct 9, 2020, at 9:03 AM, VE6WZ_Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > [External Email] > > Hans… > I’m sorry but I agree with Bob K3UL, perhaps we should stop the whining about > lack of CW and get on the band ! > > If I look at my log for the 2 months since August, I have SM4DHF X13 QSOs, > SM5EDX X5, SM2EKM X2, SM2LIY X2, SM7BIC X2. > SM6CVX zero QSOs. I doesn't seem like everyone in Sweden has gone QRT ??? > > Have you been QRV at all yet??? > > > steve VE6WZ > >> On Oct 9, 2020, at 2:27 AM, Hans Hjelmström <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> SORRY Roger >> FT 8 has killed Ham radio ,when you need your own skill and not trust >> a computer to make your connection. I will NEVER use that >> mode.Unfortunately MNI MNI Sweden Hams have almost gone QRT for >> good,because of this FT-8 and lack of activity on ,,,,hearing modes. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Hans SM6CVX >> >> >>>> 9 okt 2020 kl. 10:20 skrev Roger Kennedy <[email protected]>: >>> >>> >>> It's such a shame that 160m Conditions for DX have been pretty good over the >>> past week or two . . . >>> >>> Yet there are so few CW stations coming on the band ! >>> >>> I hear lots of us Europeans putting out endless CQ DX calls . . . but often >>> getting no replies, despite good RBN Reports confirming the band is open. >>> >>> Roger G3YRO >>> >>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
