I have no idea how any of this FT stuff works and don’t really want to know but I am very interested to know how the ARRL knows whether someone is sleeping or awake.
Stan, K5GO Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 5, 2022, at 2:26 PM, Lloyd - N9LB <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
