QRP is not a mode per se, but after alot of 'pressure', the ARRL relented and now issues a DXCC QRP award, albeit unnumbered, and outside of the mainstream DXCC. Nobody has been forced to apply for o
Mark, Very well said, but unless you consider the JT modes in a different class still than RTTY and PSK, except for mixed mode awards/contests, there is already a level playing field. Mixed is, well,
Ok...I guess that's a hint to shut up. 73 de Vince, VA3VF QRT. Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy "Actions speak louder than words" 1856 - Abraham Lincoln _________________ Topband Refle
I'm very surprised by some of the comments here. I'm still going through the messages, but wanted to make a few comments already. In no particular order: 1) How is computer to computer FT8 different
"Additionally, traditional RTTY is still a "hear it" mode. I actually listen to the tones and while obviously I can't decode them by ear, I can certainly tune them by ear. Furthermore, MMTTY, which I
Fundamentally speaking, radio is RF between two antennas. Whatever is 'pumped' into the TX antenna and 'pulled' out of the RX antenna, is not radio, it's payload. To say FT8 is not amateur radio is i
Correct... so what's the problem again about no human intervention? QSO machines? I am sure that programs could be written or exist to make rtty contacts more automated. W0MU Yes, but it has not happ
"What concerns me is the fact that the technical level of the new ham is declining too fast. There is the feeling that "GOOGLE" can explain everything..." That's an important point, but Google is not
Thanks, JC. Fair enough. I'm not a fan of SSTV. It's not watching paint dry, but watching the picture being painted. After monitoring the mode for a few days, I did not understand what some of the pi
Not sure of to think of this. Was it another veiled dig at a mode you don't enjoy? 73 de Vince, VA3VF _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Mixed, as per one of the definitions: containing a mixture of both favorable and negative elements. FT8 belongs in it, it's a favorable element. LOL 73 de Vince, VA3VF _________________ Topband Refle
That's right. Make sure to disable PSKReporter in WSJT-X, and Hamspot.net in JTAlert. This way you won't look bad saying one thing, and doing another. LOL 73 de Vince, VA3VF _________________ Topband
For those that say FT8 makes it too easy to win awards, climb the DXCC ladder, or make it into the HR. May I ask what the reason is for going to the trouble, and expense, of purchasing the best trans
Hi Mark, So, if I use the same 'rational' some people here seems to use, those DXCC awards earned with full legal power, multiple towers, beams, and amps, should really be a mark of shame on their ho
A remote they did not build, but can be used for free is ok? :^) That's like going to a friend's house to work the DX from there, perfectly 'legal', but not something that attracts me. Let's not add
I agree! This thread about asking the moderator to stop the other thread has run its course. I hope we won't have a thread now asking for the thread that asked for the other thread to be terminated s
Hi Gary, This is the first time I hear about the DOG. Would you have online references about it? I'll Google it, but if you have goods ones handy, please send them to me privately (unless others here
Hi Steve, Thank you for your email. There are many real and/or perceived unfair situations in hamradio. I don't think this issue can be resolved without 'upsetting' one group or another. The successf
The concept described above may have worked from time immemorial, up to, and excluding, the creation of FT8/JT65/FT9. FT8, and other yet to be developed modes, require a different approach to band p