[Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"?

[ANDY DURBIN]

I have been using WSJT-X since before version 1.0 was made available.  I was also an early adopter of JT9 and FT8.  I have enjoyed using JT65, JT9, and FT8 for HF and 6 m QSO.  Using DXpedition mode to work KH1 was a different experience.  I felt that the operator had been taken much too far "out of the loop".   I'm glad I made more KH1 QSO using CW than with FT8 and I found them much more satisfying.

FT8 DXPedition mode is certainly not for everyone but if it was the only way I could make a QSO with KH1 I'd have been glad to have it in my log.    KH1 was DX 200 worked CW in 4 years.  That was nice and only the magic of propagation was involved.

73,
Andy k3wyc