[Lowfer] Lowfer TAG?

[Joe]

Hello Jay, Douglas,

I am not yet as "old iron" as Jay on LF but I have seen the development of
the last years.
I think to myself that it is no different in the USA compared to other
countries, every radio amateur should keep his station up to date. This
should be extended to: Every radio amateur should be up to date, at least
technically ;o)
I can remember my first TA at 2200m in QRSS, I don't remember how many times
I pressed the "reload" button of my browser until my call was visible in the
Jay´s Grabber...
I also remember the few plain CW qsos at 630m... but those times are over.

This is the same development as with EME. This was a Mode for a few people,
with high power, huge antenna systems, the "normal" radio amateur could only
dream of. Today you can do EME with little effort, thanks to digi-modes.
This made EME accessible to a broad mass. To the advantage of all, because
the more stations qrv are the better.
The same applies to the real low bands, with the digi-modes OPERA, WSPR,
FST4W even stations with small antennas and low transmission power have a
chance to use these bands and to be heard, it is very important to get a
feedback, which is available via WSPR net or PSK reporter almost in real
time.
This motivates more and more people to get on these bands.

Just for your information, I prefer any CW QSO over a digi mode qso, but
times change and Didi is still amateur radio.

just my 2 cents

Joe



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Von: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
Im Auftrag von Douglas Williams
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2020 00:48
An: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Betreff: Re: [Lowfer] Lowfer TAG?

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 6:47 PM Douglas Williams
<williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm way out of my league here.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 6:15 PM jrusgrove at comcast.net <
> jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> John
>>
>> #12?
>>
>> How about FST4W-1800 or combination FST4W-1800 / QRSS on the other
>> half hour both on same frequency in the watering hole? GPS 1pps &
>> NMEA could discipline computer time.
>>
>> Think lowfers would have a much bigger audience, and perhaps more
>> stations interested in transmitting, if they moved on to modern
>> digital modes. Look at 630 and 2200 meters ... QRSS is all but dead
>> ... unlikely to ever return. Just like lowfer moved on from aural
>> copy to QRSS ... it's probably time to move on to digital.
>>
>> Jay W1VD
>>
>> p.s. flame suit at the ready ;-)
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