[Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"?

[Jim Sheldon]

I thought Eric CLOSED this thread YESTERDAY!  Getting tired of deleting 
references to FT-8.

------ Original Message ------
From: "Wes Stewart" <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 7/4/2018 8:46:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"?

>Actually, I was in the process of learning about JT65 by doing some 
>listening tests when FT8 was added to the suite.  So I took it up 
>almost immediately after it was introduced.  I think I was up to about 
>80 "contacts" when someone on the WSJT-X Yahoo group suggested that 
>JTAlert was a great thing to have.  I wasn't quite sure why, but I 
>installed anyway.
>
>The setup in my shack has a laptop on a shelf above a larger monitor on 
>the operating desk. Normally, the log is on the laptop and everything 
>else is below using Windows split screen.  I was trying to work a west 
>African station and we were part way through the QSO when it became 
>clear I was getting QRMed each time I (my computer) sent a report.  
>After several sequences I saw a brief flash of a window popping up but 
>straddling both screens so I didn't quite understand what it was.  A 
>few seconds later it happened again but this time I got the gist of 
>what it was. JTAlert was informing me that my QSO partner was/had been 
>sending me a text message informing me that he had my report and I 
>should be sending RRR.  At that point I stopped transmitting and 
>unloaded the software.  Nuff said.
>
>Wes   N7WS
>
>
>
>  On 7/3/2018 6:36 PM, Neil Zampella wrote:
>>.. and if you add JT-Alert to the mix, it can do the QRZ lookup for 
>>you ..
>>
>>Neil, KN3ILZ
>>
>>
>>On 7/3/2018 5:32 PM, Carl Yaffey wrote:
>>>On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:42 PM, Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> 
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>and don’t care to find out what the other guy’s name is or what 
>>>>he/she does when they aren’t punching at their own keyboard
>>>As soon as I start an FT8 “iso”, I go to QRZ and look the person up.
>>>
>>>
>>>Carl Yaffey  K8NU
>>>Recording studio.
>>>cyaffeyNO_SPAM at gmail.com
>>>614 268 6353, Columbus OH
>>>http://www.carl-yaffey.com
>>>http://www.grassahol.com
>>>http://www.bluesswing.com
>>>
>>>
>>
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