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

[erusst at att.net]

A Taylor series is quite appropriate since FT8 was invented by Joe Taylor ;-)
Russ, N3CO

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:28 PM, Wayne Burdick<n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:   Yeah, sorry. Math joke....

Wayne


> On Jul 3, 2018, at 7:21 PM, Robert Duncan <rob.at.theshed at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just in case there are others like me ....who did not know what a Taylor Series is :
> 
> In mathematics, a Taylor series is a representation of a function as an infinite sum of terms 
> that are calculated from the values of the function's derivatives at a single point.
> 
> Source - Wikipedia
> 
> Cheers
> Rob
> VK5ZIK
> 
> On 4 July 2018 at 11:03, Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com [KX3] <KX3-noreply at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 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



______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to erusst at att.net