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

Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP k2vco.vic at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 16:34:57 EDT 2020


I didn't notice myself "denigrating" anything or "talking down" to 
anyone. I explained why I like CW, even though other modes have their 
own advantages.

Regarding "increasing knowledge" and "innovating," I suspect that 90% of 
the guys pointing and clicking their way to DXCC with K1JT's code 
couldn't explain how it works.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
.
On 13/07/2020 23:11, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> Connecting to history and making history are not the same thing. Doing 
> things the same way they were done a hundred years ago may make a 
> "connection" for you. But hams are supposed to innovate,  invent and 
> increase the knowledge. So you buy or build equipment with way more 
> ability than to send simple CW, so you can do simple CW? Yes, CW is 
> great stuff, but it sure isn't innovative, nor does in increase the 
> knowledge of communication. As a group we should encourage others to 
> explore new communications systems, not denigrate them as "not REAL HAM 
> RADIO". Some of you people should be ashamed of yourselves for your 
> attitudes. We do not want Amateur Radio to die with our generation, so 
> we should encourage new folks to do new things, not talk down to them 
> because they don't choose to spend 99% of their operating time pounding 
> brass. They don't give you static about taking up bandwidth with your 
> ancient operating mode, why hassle them because they can make Qs below 
> the noise level. Oh yes, my DXCC certificate says "Mixed" on it. I quit 
> counting when I got that.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020, 03:25 Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com 
> <mailto:k2vco.vic at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Actually, I'm building a regenerative receiver now. I have to use JFETs
>     because I got rid of all my tube stuff due to lack of room. But of
>     course I will continue to benefit from the DSP in my K3, and its keyer
>     (although I have a bug that I use once in a while).
> 
>     But those things don't take away the connection to history, they
>     make it
>     better. The point for me isn't to use the same gear as they did in
>     1912,
>     but to enter the Morse space as they did. If I can do it with equipment
>     that is more stable and effective, so much the better.
> 
>     After all, a modern sailboat is very much more sophisticated than an
>     old
>     one, but sailing is still sailing.
> 
>     73,
>     Victor, 4X6GP
>     Rehovot, Israel
>     Formerly K2VCO
>     CWops no. 5
>     http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/


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