[OKDXA] FT8WW - Crozet

[Jeff Martin]

Hi Doug... Glad to have you with us. I actually have 2 QSLs from Crozet 
on CW. I need it on Phone. I'm not holding my breath though for a SSB 
QSO... hi... Hope you can get him on CW. It's not looking too good so 
far for many CW/SSB QSOs... At least he is working people, making QSOs. 
At #3 on the needed list, a lot of folks need Crozet... GL...
73,
Jeff - K5WE

------ Original Message ------
>From "N4IJ" <dougn4ij at gmail.com>
To "Oklahoma DX Association" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Date 12/27/2022 5:16:02 PM
Subject Re: [OKDXA] FT8WW - Crozet

>You guys should know that I monitor this e-mail list because I find it as
>informative as any. Leave me on it if you want. I was a member when living
>in OKLA.  I work FT8 but only because I want to work someone when CW is
>slim.  It is very disappointing
>that an ATNO for me would have to be on a mode that is not human readable.
>I am trying for  #330 on CW and the way I see  it,
>FT8WW will not count for me...  Good luck to all of you, and Merry
>Christmas..
>
>Doug N4IJ (North Carolina)
>
>On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM Alan Swinger <awswinger at earthlink.net>
>wrote:
>
>>  Really! I hope he wakes up andd gets on CW and SSB sometime in the next
>>  few Months! - Alan K9MBQ
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>  Sent: Dec 27, 2022 5:45 PM
>>  To: <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
>>  Subject: Re: [OKDXA] FT8WW - Crozet
>>
>>  Wish I were one of the 102 CW Qs! Alas, I snoozed.
>>
>>  I'm sure things are stressful enough for him there. I wouldn't be
>>  surprised if he stayed almost exclusively FT8. Pretty much letting a
>>  machine picking the calls out of the pile has to be at least a *little*
>>  less stressful than wrestling with a snarling pile on CW by ear, especially
>>  with with all the inevitable intentional QRM. SSB? Fuggitaboutit!
>>
>>  I admit that I'm not crazy about the machine modes. I don't *dis*like
>>  them, but I like CW better. Yet, computers are a requirement for any
>>  serious operation. In logging applications, they really do make our lives
>>  easier, less stressful, and more productive. Since computer logging places
>>  no significant demand on any computer, if it can help move the process of
>>  handing out Qs to the Deserving, it should. Thus do we have these amazing
>>  digital/machine modes.
>>
>>  So, I shall begin the process of untangling all those wires of my
>>  "wireless" station so as to find the audio output of the rig to the audio
>>  input of the computer and then find the audio out of the computer and
>>  connect it to the audio input of the rig. Sigh...
>>
>>  Kim N5OP
>>
>>  On 12/27/2022 12:22 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
>>  > Looks like he has moved to 10.131 FT8, First Sequence... West Coast US >
>>  is working him now LP, along with Europe. I'm not hearing him, either >
>>  path... Started hearing him later this morning, not until a little > after
>>  8AM. It lasted past 10:30AM, long path 20 meters. At times he > was very
>>  loud, 3 streams as strong as plus 15 on my tribander at 50 feet.
>>  >   I know many of us (myself included) are not crazy about FT8. Whether >
>>  we like it or not, the DXing game has changed. If you want to work DX, >
>>  you gotta at least have a fundamental knowledge of how to operate FT8. >
>>  That's where the DX is, and things are not going to go back to the old >
>>  days... This is progress, like it or not... hi...
>>  >   Given Thierry's demonstrated skill set so far, I would expect this >
>>  is going to be a 95% FT8 DXpedition. The pile-ups would probably eat > him
>>  alive on CW and especially on SSB... So, if you want to work > Crozet, work
>>  him on FT8... Good Luck everyone. Hope you get him in the > log...
>>  >
>>  > 73,
>>  > Jeff - K5WE
>>  >
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