[Elecraft] FT8 - was "On Second Thought, I'll Take The Stairs"

[Jim Brown]

Two great posts, Dave.  Thanks!

73 Jim K9YC

On 7/13/2020 12:59 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
> Fine, but that demarcation is pretty arbitrary.  You could just as 
> easily go back to tube gear with crystal controlled transmitters and 
> regenerative receivers., but I'd be a lot of money you don't.  The gear 
> you operate compares little in form, fit or function to anything those 
> folks used back then.  Your current radio almost certainly has a lot of 
> digital signal processing already, and I'll bet you use a keyer instead 
> of a hand key.  Quite frankly, I can just as easily imagine somebody at 
> his keyboard on the other end as I could if he was operating a paddle. 
> Most DXing and almost all contesting is already somebody simply pounding 
> on a function key on a keyboard.
> 
> And like I said before, it is entirely possible to preserve the bulk of 
> everything you mention and still use modern signal processing to make 
> human connections more achievable.  WSJT-X just doesn't happen to be 
> that at this point, but that doesn't mean something else couldn't be.
> 
> Dave   AB7E
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