[Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

That is FT8.  There is no involvement once the contact starts. That is 
the beauty of it.    The automation is no legal in the USA and many 
other places but I doubt it will be addressed much like excessive 
power.  It is never addressed.  Do it right.  Don't worry about others.  
Have fun.

The RTTY difference is that they come back to me and I moved, they can't 
find me, they waste more time sending w0mu 599 over and over and over 
again.  That is not better in my book.  If have not left.  I push one 
other button to make a contact.  Seems pretty similar to me.

To each their own.

W0MU


On 7/3/2018 2:59 PM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
> "How is it any different than the RTTY setups used for DXpeditions that  would do essentially the same thing, listen over a wide range and stack  the calls heard?"
>
> The, in my opinion huge, difference is that FT8 DXpedition mode does not even require the operator to be in the shack to complete the QSO.  All it takes is to start auto TX of your grid and then walk away.  As long as your call gets on the stack before your watchdog times out (assuming you have not defeated it) then the rest is automatic, including waking up your TX Enable if it had timed out.
>
> Two of my KH1 FT8 QSO were completed after I had given up and turned off TX Enable.  Although I was still in the shack I had no involvement in completing the QSO.  I was just a spectator.  That is very different from the level of interaction required to complete a QSO in CW, Phone, or RTTY.
>
> I have no opinion on the experience of the DXpedition operator.  Never been one and not likely to be one.
>
> 73,
> Andy k3wyc
>
>
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