[SADXA] Fwd: FT8 & slow baud rates

[Gene K5GS]

Let's see if this table comes thru the reflector....

Statistics from VP6D Ducie Island DX-pedition would indicate:

The CW ops made twice the number FT8 contacts,  with SSB coming in 
*under* FT8.

Maybe there are statistics elsewhere that support the notion that FT8 is 
a CW killer?

In my experience on this DX-pedition we were making FT8 contacts long 
after SSB callers faded away. There were nights when I, or one of my 
night shift partners, would operate 3 FT8 stations, and not break a 
sweat.  While the CW guys did make some FT8 contacts, the vast majority 
of the 24,441 FT8 Qs came from the SSB camp. Who actually worked us (CW 
or SSB ops) we don't know.

*CONTINENT/MODE* 	CW 	FT8 	JT65 	RTTY 	SSB 	*TOTAL QSO* 	*TOTAL %*
*AFRICA* 	190 	93 	1 	20 	215 	*519* 	*0.46 %*
*ANTARCTICA* 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	*2* 	*0 %*
*ASIA* 	10723 	4423 	0 	1192 	1395 	*17733* 	*15.83 %*
*EUROPE* 	17614 	6703 	19 	1445 	3997 	*29778* 	*26.58 %*
*NORTH AMERICA* 	28279 	12112 	8 	2819 	16036 	*59254* 	*52.89 %*
*OCEANIA* 	642 	444 	0 	36 	257 	*1379* 	*1.23 %*
*SOUTH AMERICA* 	1153 	666 	0 	173 	1385 	*3377* 	*3.01 %*
*TOTAL QSO* 	*58602* 	*24441* 	*28* 	*5685* 	*23286* 	112042 	100 %


Cheers,
GS K5GS

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Subject: 	[SADXA] FT8 & slow baud rates
Date: 	Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:27:10 -0700
From: 	Telegrapher <lawrenceg94 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector 
<sadxa at mailman.qth.net>
To: 	sadxa at mailman.qth.net


It's been a boon to amateurs which has caused a great increase in 
activity.  That can be viewed in more than one way. *Sure been a killer 
to CW t*hough but i wonder how many CW ops made the jump and whether or 
not most of the users of FT8 are really non- cw users or No-code types.