You guys don't know what you are talking about. The WSJT Modes, including FT8 and FT4, require a live operator ( not someone sleeping ) to initiate each contact. ( There is also a time-out timer that limits the number of times it calls/replies before going back to standby ) and The ARRL requires at live operator ( not someone sleeping ) to initiate each contact before they will consider the contact legitimate.
-----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hans Hjelmström Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2022 1:49 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: J28MD, conditions Hi Bob And I can tell you,,,,I feel same,,,,PLUS it has also destroyed the fun on 50 mc. NO CW or SSB to be heard ( except TZ4AM and TT8SN still on CW/SSB). Both 5V7RU/ ty5RU and J28MD ONLY FT 8 unheard mode. NOT even a try on CW,even that conditions are perfect. This is VERY SAD and will impact of activity in future for many of us. Take care and stay safe Hans SM6CVX / NO Ft 8 ever > 5 nov 2022 kl. 19:39 skrev [email protected]: > > > On Tuesday I heard but could not work VK6IR, but I did work VK6GX on Thursday > for my first zone 29 qso on 160 since VK6HD about 3 decades ago. > My antenna is a modest 160 Inv L with elevated radials. When the band > has very good cndx I can work almost anything that I can hear. But on > the marginal days there is quite a bit of long-haul DX that eludes me. > ;-) (I'm still missing zones 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27) > > What is maddening to me is that it used to be that FT4 / FT8 was used by some > DXpeditions AFTER they had already worked 160 CW. Now, to my great > disappointment, more and more DXpeditions are routinely using FT4 and/or FT8 > IN PLACE of 160 cw, even though they are perfectly capable of operating 160 > CW. Sadly, this trend seems to be getting more and more pervasive. > > Recently, 5V7RU has ONLY been on FT4 / FT8 on 80 and 160, with NO cw at all > on those bands. > This follows the previous country they were in where they operated 80 cw but > no 160 cw. > > J28MD has operated 160 cw very briefly and typically avoids it, instead > preferring FT8. > > I get it.... It is far easier to work stations on FT4 or FT8 than on > cw. And using those unattended modes allow qsos to be made while the > Dxpedition operators sleep. But that does not make me feel better about it. > > I am not interested in the digital modes, preferring the traditional > modes of CW and SSB. I understand that others feel differently, which is > fine. But it bothers me that DXpeditions are now avoiding CW on 80/160 > because they just don't want to bother. > > 73 > > Bob, KQ2M _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
