[Elecraft] FT 8

[Wayne Burdick]

Seconded. 

They had to pry the stick-shift out of my hand, too, when my CRV was trashed by a drunk and, valuing gas mileage over sportiness, I got a Prius. 

Still, I wouldn’t want the self-driving model. 

Wayne

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> On Mar 3, 2018, at 4:43 PM, 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
> 
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