[Elecraft] FT 8

[rich hurd WC3T]

At the risk of arousing the ire of those who have gone before me, I humbly
submit that we have beat the FT8 horse to death - many times over.

Nobody's going to be happy about the ultimate answer and it might be best
to just let nature take its course, no matter what it is.

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> ______________________________________________________________
> 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 rich at wc3t.us
>



-- 
72,
Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737
PA Army MARS, Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer
for Scouting
Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988  (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid:
*FN20is*