There is fear of new things. Especially if the old ways have been
advantageous to you in the past.
I embrace the new modes and welcome this contest.
73
RIa, N2RJ
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 08:59, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>
>
> I didn't participate in the WW-Digi contest ... I just think it's a low
> blow to criticize a mode that's as new as this one. I've had stations
> stacked ten deep on me on 20m FT4 outside of a contest (40m to Asia) so
> I know that it's possible to hit the rate I mentioned ... albeit
> briefly, of course. But if the activity ever got high enough in a
> contest (and somebody came up with a better UI and a better logger than
> WSJT-X) things could be a lot of fun.
>
> I actually spent my day working the NAQP CW contest, so it's not like I
> don't have a frame of reference.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
> On 1/11/2020 7:39 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> > Hello David. Froom everything observed in real practice with the typically
> > unsophisticated masses of FT8 users, its dreaming to think that such rates
> > will ever be achieved. All current data points to the rates experienced.
> > The question was about "how was it" nit "what you hope it to be". So "how
> > was it, actually?"
> >
> > As someone who is running most of the time, and not bandmap clicking, the
> > experience is a world to actually be engaged with the participants, with my
> > ears and brain. I guess if someone's world in contesting is clicking on
> > the bandmap, never actually verifying the call, and hitting a few function
> > keys, then its not much different. Thankfully, that's not my world of
> > contesting. IS it yours?
> >
> > Ed N1UR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com@contesting.com] On
> > Behalf Of David Gilbert
> > Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 9:07 PM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results
> >
> >
> > The rates would be considerably higher, and the operating somewhat less
> > confusing, if everyone operated FT4 instead of being spread across FT4
> > and FT8. If you have a steady string of callers on FT4 the theoretical
> > maximum rate is 240 per hour, at least until you have to call CQ again.
> >
> > And I'm not sure that mouse clicks on a WSJT-X screen are any different
> > than mouse clicks on a CW or RTTY bandmap together with macro key
> > presses on a keyboard. Possibly you can explain what you see being the
> > difference.
> >
> > 73,
> > Dave AB7E
> >
> >
> > On 1/11/2020 5:26 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> >> With the results in, I am curious as to the answer to this question.
> >>
> >> With 30 - 40 an hour rates over 24 hours and just looking at a computer
> >> screen and clicking mouses, was it fun?
> >>
> >> Ed N1UR
> >>
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