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 successful SSB operator will continue to 'shine' in the DXCC Phone
section. The CW in the CW section. Mixed is, well, mixed, by definition
it includes everything, good or bad. Digital, FT8 is digital, the
'fruit' of advancing technology. Like in every aspect of life, new
developments are not always well received. Jobs are lost in the real
world because of new technology. Not surprisingly, it causes
'disconfort' in a hobby.
Now a mea culpa, and apology. In my earlier reads of the paragraph I
quoted from your message, I read 'new age' not 'new wave'. 'New age'
sometimes can mean: lunatic, snake oil merchant, etc. This is why I
questioned your suggestion. Again, my apologies. We may still have
different opinions on this topic, but you were not implying what I
thought it was.
Apologies to the group for replying to all. Because of the apology part,
I feel it has to be posted in the same place where my questioning was
posted.
73 de Vince, VA3VF
On 2017-10-28 5:17 AM, Steve Ireland wrote:
Hi Vince
Definitely not - I was being dead serious (but, as I'm Australian,
interspersing what I said with attempts at humour).
The part of the post I made from which you made the extract is about the
ARRL getting its DXCC awards program updated to match the emergence and
fast growing popularity of the inaudible digital modes, which have a
huge communications advantage (10 to 15dB) over CW, SSB and the older
digital modes such as RTTY and PSK31.
We have an 'apples and oranges' situation here and the best way to keep
the peace between people who use traditional audible modes and those
that have embraced the new inaudible digital technology is to have
separate DXCC awards.
Put yourself in the place of someone who has spent 40 years getting 300
countries on topband SSB/CW. Being considered in the same category as
someone who is using inaudible new wave digital modes to potentially
achieve the same total is unlikely to endear the former to the latter!
For the sake of 'peace in our time', let's get separate DXCC categories.
Dinghy or yacht sail boats don't compete in the same race categories as
motor boats - and this is the situation we currently have.
By the way, it is not that I don't enjoy FT-8 - as my first email said,
I like be able to decipher radio signals using my ears - which is why
I've never used RTTY, AMTOR, Packet Radio and any WSJT modes including
FT-8.
I did used PSK31 a few times on 20m when it first came along because it
was an interesting technical challenge to do so, but then lost interest.
As the beat poets used to say, "it's just not my bag."
Vy 73
Steve, VK6VZ
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Not sure of to think of this. Was it another veiled dig at a mode you don't
enjoy?
A way forward to keep 'old school' modes
vibrant alongside FT-8? (long)
73 de Vince, VA3VF
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Steve Ireland <vk6vz@arach.net.au> wrote:
>
> This 'new wave' digital award could have a new cool, 21st century-looking
> certificate (are holograms 21st century?) , would give new wave digital
> operators the chance to be among the first to get this award and
would also
> give the ARRL DXCC program the chance to potentially get some extra
revenue
> in issuing these awards. Of course, all the contacts would be submitted
> electronically. ;-)
>
>
>
> Vy 73
>
> Steve, VK6VZ/G3ZZD
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