[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 256, Issue 20

[David Gilbert]

My guess is that a lot of those folks fall into the category of 
collectors ... countries, states, grids, counties, etc.  It's not much 
difference at all than for most DX chasers ... quick report and that's 
it, except that FT8 provides its own list of stations that HE can hear 
as opposed to what somebody else heard and posted to a cluster.

Others, like the guy who posted here just a bit ago, use it for 
propagation purposes (like with PSK Reporter) or maybe just to see how 
far they can work with modest gear and antennas.  FT8 at least gives 
sort of standard signal reports.

And let's face it ... a lot of ham radio QSOs are exceedingly boring.  
Signal report, name, rig, QTH, and the weather.  They are as canned as 
an FT8 exchange.

Dave   AB7E


On 8/31/2025 1:05 PM, Jeff Cook via Elecraft wrote:
> My surprise at the prevalence of FT8, and yes POTA, is not in what it takes to make a contact, but that they end at the contact itself, off to the next dozen.