[SADXA] Fwd: FT8 & slow baud rates

[w7aqk]

George and All,

Congrats on a very successful DXpedition.  It was a bunch of fun chasing the 
team around various bands and modes.

The stats are quite interesting indeed.  I also found a comparison of stats 
between VP6D and the previous VP6DX group to be very interesting.  Seems 
like I may have mentioned that before, but not sure.  I can't remember past 
last week!  Hi.   Anyway, CW QSO's were a much larger percentage of the 
overall total on the VP6D event.  SSB was way down comparatively, and I 
guess it was due to the increased FT8 activity, but I can't say that for 
sure.  A truly meaningful comparison would have to include, among other 
things, some info as to how many hours of operation the team dedicated to 
each mode

FT8 has seemingly "taken over", at least that's how it seems.  I was 
noticing the increase in regard to DX cluster reports.  However, somewhere 
else I saw a pie chart about where the FT8 activity is coming from, and 
something like 80% of it is from the U.S.  I'm not sure what conclusions can 
be drawn from that.

I've yet to try FT8, and I'm not in a big hurry to do so.  Guess I'm just a 
"CW bum"!!!  Hi.

Cheers,

Dave W7AQK



-----Original Message----- 
From: Gene K5GS
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 4:08 PM
To: sadxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SADXA] Fwd: FT8 & slow baud rates

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

-------- Forwarded Message --------
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.


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