[Elecraft] [KX3] FT8 Here's My Comparison of FT8 and Regular Modes

[Wayne Burdick]

Doug,

I accept your gauntlet and will submit one final OT post despite my business partner’s attempt to shut it down.

To wit:

Many of us have vanishingly little τ, and from earlier posts it’s clear that K is irrational, so I propose reordering the terms as a Taylor series.

Wayne
N6KR



> On Jul 3, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Doug Millar <drzarkof56 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi All, 
> 
> I was thinking about the differences between using the digital modes on HF and Knob and Dial modes, and I came up with this comparison.
> 
>      Basically ft8 and digital modes take more work on the setup end and are easy to operate and "knob and dial" radios have little setup and the most time is spent directing the operation. Both take the same amount of effort but are inverse.  
>    My limited math abilities express then relationship as- 
> 
>   Dm(S10τ+Oτ)=K 
> 
>    Kd(Sτ+O10τ)=K
> 
> Where Dm= Digital Mode          Kd=Knob and Dial radios          S= Setup 
>           O= Operating          τ= Time          K= Total effort
> 
> 
>   Revisions welcome-----    Doug Millar K6JEY