[OKDXA] OKDXA Digest, Vol 220, Issue 2

[Peter Laws N5UWY]

On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM kodiak <kodiakat777 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Finally snagged Crozet at 0900 local yesterday, after an hour of
> failed attempts on 20M FT8.

Congrats!  I believe I've printed them once for realzies.  Another
time was clearly a slim. I've never hit the Enable Tx button ...


> Most folks were following the FT8 rules, but every 10 minutes or so
> someone would start transmitting on even time slots; it usually stopped

As I've mentioned before, this has no effect on anything *unless* they
transmit on, or at least very near, the same frequency as the DX.  It
does, however, 1) announce to the world that they cannot hear the DX,
2) ensures they will never work the DX station, 3) demonstrate that
they probably do not know how to properly use FT8.

Some people just aren't cut out for modern times.

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Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!