[ADXA] Congrats to Joel and Steve, and 6M

[Rory Bowers]

I agree Dennis... major accomplishments!  I don't see a problem with
spreading out FT8 on 6M.  I have yet to copy one station using FT4 on 6.
The mode is simply not effective on 6 so nobody is using it.  Why not take
advantage of the additional spectrum when the band is very busy like it has
been recently.  I feel the same about 20M FT8.  The spectrum between 14.077
and 14.080 is virtually unused.  In the most recent release of WSJT-X Joe
suggested in his release notes that we should try 14.071 on a trial basis.
I thought this was a bad idea, the PSK guys are already there (14.070 -
14.073) and putting FT8 in the mix would cause major interference problems
between incompatible modes.  I think some serious thought needs to be given
to spectrum use to make it easier for all of us to make good contacts
without worrying about QRM.
73 Dennis!
Rory, K5CKS

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 6:29 AM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wow, 6 meters is letting people meet some major milestones!
> Congratulations to Joel and Steve for big accomplishments.   That takes a
> lot of work and a lot of listening and station effectiveness.
>
> I probably copied  100 JA stations yesterday but couldn’t work anything
> with my pipsqueak station.  Signals were as good as -7 but typically -18 to
> -10.   Sometimes decoded a dozen in a sequence.   I don’t think my FT-991
> would hold up at 100 watts output on FT8 so I usually run it at 40 or 50
> watts.  I’m sure with a couple more elements and a few more watts, I could
> have worked some.
>
> I suspect the trend will eventually be to spread FT8 out between 313 and
> 323.  FT4 is right in the middle, though, so maybe FT8 covering 313 to 326
> and FT4 above that.  I’m sure it will be evolving.
>
> No JA’s heard on CW.  I probably didn’t have enough S/N to copy them on
> SSB, but CW would have been possible.
> 73,
> Dennis
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