As Frank said, I can see both sides of the issue. I also agree that the focus on Gene's article was on distance scoring, and his points were being made to say that WSJT contacts shouldn't have the sa
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 11:41:25 -0700
I appreciate the fact that Gene has decades of active operating experience in VHF/UHF DXing and contesting and writes an interesting, thought-provoking, discussion-provoking column. The only effectiv
I agree 100% with Les's observations. And would like to add that if we are to lower the score for contacts made with WSJT since its "easier" then I think a bonus should be given for CW contacts. In n
I've made many MS WSJT contacts however about 25% of mine were not pre-arranged but random. Try tuning to 144.140 and call CQ U4 (example: CQ KI4FIA U4), put your rig in SPLIT mode and listen to 144
Hi Ken, This is a serious misconception. It's true that most people get started with the WSJT modes by making some skeds. However, many then discover that they can also make random QSOs. Quite possib
I apologize if I over-reacted, I read it very quickly and then saw the on-list complaint and had a similar "impression" as the original poster. I don't think Gene really meant to I still disagree in
Sorry Ken, you are misinformed. WSJT can be successfully utilized without skeds on 6 and 2m. Above that, at least here in California, 99% of all terrestraial activity (CW/SSB/...) on 222 and higher i
I do not use WSJT but not because of needing to make a schedule to make the contact. I do think random contacts are possible from what I have been told by the experienced WSJT operators. Ron ________