[Elecraft] FT 8

[Ken G Kopp]

Hi Wes!

"Operator skill" ...

Surely you jest ...

73!

K0PP

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018, 17:44 Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> Quoting myself in part from an email to my DX club reflector re: FT8
>
> "I think I will set a personal standard, at least for awards purposes,
> that 1) I
> will be at the controls of the station. 2) I won't count any QSO that
> couldn't
> have been copied on CW. 3)  I won't count any QSO that requires the
> software to
> have prior knowledge of the two station calls or could not be copied by an
> uninterested third party.
>
> I'm sure there will be critics who declare that I'm an old fogy who is
> longing
> for the return of spark.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  I have
> worked on the cutting edge of new technologies for years.  But, I also
> believe
> that there should be some value added by way of operator skill."
>
> Since that time I'm adding 4) If JTAlert pops up with a text message from
> my QSO
> partner wherein he tells me what he's copied and what I should send next,
> I will
> not complete the QSO.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
>
> On 3/3/2018 4:57 PM, William Levy wrote:
> > As an old dog I am sorry to see that FT8 has become all the rage.
> > I grew up with a few vacuum tubes and a dipole. AM carrier controlled, 5
> > tube receivers. Loved CW when I had very little. Love SSB with big
> antennas
> > and towers.
> >
> > FT8 changes the game. No more rag chews. So this is what DX has become.
> No
> > big power, no big antennas. Someone will write an app that will tell the
> > radio to keep calling cq and log contacts. V.2 of the App will record new
> > prefixes and club log it.
> >
> > I may feel critical as I write this but the future is not mine and all is
> > fair in love and war.
> >
> > Sincerely, Bill N2WL
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> 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 kengkopp at gmail.com