Look up KH6JF/MM. It was an FT8 system floating on a raft, no operator
in control. Apparently made thousands of QSOs, including me on 20m.
73, Dennis NJ6G
On 12/17/2018 06:20, Hank Greeb wrote:
Thanks for the compliment to my mental capacity. It's is great to
have it acknowledged publicly.
I've only seen FT8 working with an operator clicking and calling
stations, or having others call his station after he calls CQ.
But, he, and several othres around SW Michigan say that the new
version of FT8 has already been set up as a robot, and can operate
with the control operator in another part of the shack doing other
things.
Again, I've not used either the original version nor the new version
of FT8, so my info is 2nd hand.
However, the day is approaching when all functions of a RTTY, CW,
PSK31, FT8, etc. stations can and will be able to be controlled by
robots. At that point we'll have a "Zero Operator", or as another
operator prefers "Sysop Control" category in contests. Whether the
people who set up the contest will recognize such an entry, or
relegate it to the bit bucket or check log category is yet to be
determined.
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