[Elecraft] New Digital Mode and K3S Frequency Accuracy

[Fred Jensen]

Just kidding Jim, I exercised several of the WSJT modes some time back 
and was amazed at the copy on signals I simply couldn't hear [although 
generally, most were strong enough to hear].  With the new synth, I even 
got up in the middle of the night to see if I could hear the signals 
WSPR was decoding on 474 Kcs, but never heard a peep.  The constrained 
QSO format of JT65/JT9 and the time it took just wasn't attractive for 
me.  To each his own.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/16/17 10:28 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 7/15/2017 6:58 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> 15 sec vs 47 sec is a 68% decrease in QSO time.  So, I only have to 
>> wait for 32% of the paint to dry? [:-) 
>
> Hi Fred,
>
> I spent a lot of time with FT8 yesterday in CQ VHF, and found it to be 
> pretty fast paced. I'd say the rate was at least as good as QRP SSB 
> during a DX contest! I made 47 QSOs yesterday, only one on SSB, none 
> on CW. The FT8 window was jumping as long as the band was open, and 
> I'd guess that at least half of the QSOs would not have been possible 
> on SSB, and many not on CW. And I picked up four new grids.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC