Agree that this is getting old. "Go back and research the transition from AM to SSB. It’s much the same. "
But I do disagree with that statement. You still used your ears with SSB. Tree N6TR On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM Cecil acuff <[email protected]> wrote: > FT8 is here to stay….and there will be others! > > Go back and research the transition from AM to SSB. It’s much the same. > Complain as you will….if you cling to CW as the only valid mode of > communications on Top Band, you will fail. You are willing to sacrifice > RTTY to FT8 just recently… in an effort to justify your position….to no > avail. Technology moves forward….you stay behind. All modes are valid and > there is nothing you can do to halt it. > > AM, SSB, CW, RTTY, Digital modes including FT8….all valid. Doesn’t matter > if you used a bug or a laptop…all valid. > > Fight about remote ops…a much more productive fight!…..that’s if you must > fight! > > This discussion is getting old…. > > Cecil > K5DL > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 19, 2024, at 5:46 PM, Bob Kile <[email protected]> wrote: > > The discussion goes on. In case one hasn't noticed we are in a solar > maximum. I work what I can when I can and get sleep unlike "Charlie Fox". > > > > FT8 for me is a tool. If I call CQ for a few minutes on FT8 in 15 > minutes I can see world wide with it's thousands of stations using PSK > Reporter the current state of propagation. > > > > Last evening after the contest I ran JTDX in SWL mode over night. The so > called dead band yielded 41 unique call signs in EU. About half would have > been workable on CW. This was with my antenna stuck beaming 90 degrees > which normally would be pointing at 25 degrees. > > > > In these crap conditions to work new ones you need to pull out all the > tools such as low noise RX antennas, spectrum and waterfall displays, > spotting and even FT8. While I'm not an advocate of FT8 it certainly has > it's place and to work DX it takes some savvy by not just calling CQ and > having the program auto answer the strongest of the group calling. > > > > Dxpeditions these days cost piles of money. Very few can fork out $25K > of personal funds to go or attempt to go to some remote piece of dirt in > the middle of nowhere. They run on donations from clubs, manufacturers, > retailers and individuals. The more contacts they make the better chance > of recouping some of the real costs. > > > > I saw in one post a negative comment about Rig in a Box. With all the > hot air from "Save the World" fanatics it has become extremely difficult to > permission to operate from many places that 20 years ago was possible. > > > > As a Ham operator for 58 years now and I go with the flow. I see many > new faces and at some point they will mature into what what we perceive is > ham radio if we give them a chance. I prefer not to be the last guy calling > CQ with a sign posted "when done please turn off the lights". > > > > 73 > > > > Bob W7RH > > > > -- > > W7RH DM35OJ > > > > > > If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to > say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. George Carlin > > > > > > _________________ > > 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
