Joe and all Dx Pedition Mode developers,
I am with Joe about the share of modes which he raised in the statistics.
Congratulations and I hope FT8 will soon beat the rest of the modes. FT8 gives
me a new joy about Dx pedition hunting while listening my favorite music and
writing e-mails to my friends.
However, we need to be careful about the expected story is right or not i.e.
“to run CW and SSB when band conditions are good, when QSO rates can be
highest. FT8 works well even in poorer conditions”.
It is well said that EU is the most difficult continent to QSO with Baker
Island before the operation. “Continent by Mode” statistic indicates EU total
average is 8.7% and very small percentage as expected. However, the breakdown
of mode is 5.3%(SSB), 13%(CW), 7.3%(FT8). FT8 is a half of CW and on a par with
SSB. I feel EU may be frustrated with FT8 as well as SSB and stay at CW mode.
It is a (scientific) fact that less than 2 days operation statistics would not
tell the solid answer and thus, I am carefully watching them.
Regards,
take
de JA5AEA
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From: Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 3:56:39 AM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode
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
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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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