GM John, I enjoyed the past weekend and the CQ VHF Contest quite a lot. For once, there was propagation from SC to most areas East of the Mississippi both afternoons. I, for once, actually thought I
I'm not sure how providing breakdowns changes the outcome. CW is quickly going to die in VHF contests since its either high rate SSB or not. And if not, FT4/8 wins the day. The same thing is happenin
hello Dennis, I enjoyed your email and think it was spot on. I don't use ft8/4 and don't think they should be allowed .... maybe they should have their own contests. I spent quite amount of time in t
This may be true of contests that don't incorporate microwave bands, but I don't think from my observation that microwave QSO's are going to change much in contests that include microwave / mmwave ba
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:40:54 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Dennis, I'd suggest a somewhat middle ground: digital modes (FT*, etc.) and analog modes (SSB, CW, FM voice, etc.). And then allow single "mode" or mixed "mode" (analog - digital) entries, with re
Hi Dennis, I can't say that I really like FT8 that much. I just do it to increase my score and only went to that mode when I heard no other signals on either CW or SSB. I ended up with 101 CW QSO's,
I can fully understand the concern about CW and SSB being marginalized at the expense of FT8 or FT4, but I totally fail to understand your ire toward FT8/4 versus RTTY. It makes no sense to me at al
My sentiments agree with most of the previous posters. I think there should be a "Digital VHF" contest and then another one for CW/SSB.perhaps broken out to either CW or SSB. *(just like many HF mult
I could make the same argument for stations east of the Mississippi River -- they should have their own contest, because there are so many of them. I operated full time, 6M only, with 1.5 kW and 4-el
I think it would be worthwhile to compare participation pre and post FT8. I suspect a lot of those who are using the FT8 mode are not really the ones who were using CW and SSB before. who use these m
You won't -- you live where it's easy to work DXCC on any band! You might think differently if you lived where that's not true, like Northern California. 73, Jim K9YC ________________________________
"70% of ham traffic is now FT8." I am curious where this datapoint is coming from? Ed N1UR _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lis
Bright people will find the best way to do things, and if the objective is to work weak signals, and to work those in rare locations who don't have CW skills, modes like FT8 can be a better way. Folk
Analysis of logs submitted to ClubLog. This is 2017 when it was introduced. I have to find the more recent analysis. Its higher now. https://g7vjr.org/2018/01/proportion-of-modes-used-on-the-air-2017
I thought that was likely the source. Its a very common misconception that Clublog logs pick up all of the traffic on the air. I tested this theory a month or so ago. I called CQ on SSB for an hour a
Its an undeniable statistic regardless but two more pieces of data stand out: Paper bureau QSL volume is now increasing and FT8 is a significant proportion of those cards. Ive confirmed this in at le
FT8 is pure stupidity. Time for REAL hams to choose side... Either you are WITH us - or not... CW rulezz! 73 de JT/RM2D On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 20:28, Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@sbelectronics.com> wrote:
Clublog statistics support (approximately) that ratio of FT8 to CW + SSB + RTTY and other digital qsos. I was also surprised. Chris W4WF -- Chris Plumblee 407.494.5155 _______________________________
Chris, As I mentioned privately to Ria. Clublog states to not draw any conclusions about overall activity vs their uploaded logs. My personal tests have shown that FT8 is very much over-represented b