I am not sure 100% about robot, but it is very similar to what I wrote. After, I found few QSOs with me, just checked few known call signs in their LOG, found also same. Sam LY5W
2024-02-19, pr 21:54, Jim Brown <[email protected]> rašė: > On 2/19/2024 7:27 AM, Saulius Zalnerauskas wrote: > > Look's like this "Sherlock Holmes" not understand what CB0ZA Robot doing. > > It is unreasonable to assume that all FT8 QSOs are with robots. I know > some of the very experienced CW ops who run FT8 on expeditions. WSJT-X > software makes the mode quite time-efficient for expeditions. It's a > replacement for RTTY, not CW. > > It should be observed that no less a great engineer and operator than > AA7JV is a strong believer in the mode. George is one of the best > operators and most innovative engineers I know. And he's got great big > balls! Check out his history. This is a guy who would swim hundred of > yards to to his boat anchored offshore to upload the log, which was on a > thumb drive in a baggie in his mouth. And who designed very effective > topband antennas specifically for the conditions on the islands where he > planned to set up. And who designed and built diplexers for Topband > transmitting antennas so that both CW and FT8 stations could be active > simultaneously every night, so that the "magic" openings that usually > occur one or two nights out of 3 weeks would not be missed. And who > invented "Radio In A Box," drastically reducing the cost and physical > difficulty of expeditions to islands. > > I made several QSOs with the CB0 team this weekend during ARRL DX CW. > Great ops made it easy to work them. I did not work 160 this weekend -- > storms have taken out all of my RX antennas. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
