In my opinion FT8 has been working great in its first outing. And it's
proven robust enough to keep working when some operators are not set up
correctly. Just RTFM and you'll do well.
And don't be threatened by a new way of operating. As Joe points out, work
them CW and SSB when you can, FT8 when you can't. This is a great
opportunity for low power and antenna-limited stations to get a new one.
Kudos to the FT8 development team.
73, Glen W6GJB
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote:
>
> ... I noticed the the Baker team gave a lukewarm endorsement of FT8 on
>> their news update ...
>>
>
> I do not consider their endorsement of FT8 to be lukewarm, at all.
>
> Currently they have uploaded 12,319 QSOs to ClubLog:
>
> CQ 4,735
> SSB 4,507
> FT8 3,077
> -----------
> 12,319
>
> One of their intentions was to run CW amd SSB when band conditions are
> good, when QSO rates can be highest. FT8 works well even in poorer
> conditions. I believe they are happy with their decision to use FT8 and
> its DXpedition Mode.
>
> They would be even happier if more people used the correct software and
> followed the Hound operating instructions, preferably with a dollop of
> common sense.
>
> -- 73, Joe, K1JT
>
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