True, agree 1000%
better go QRT, than start these games.....
Sam LY5W
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:37 AM Hans Hjelmström <sm6cvx@hjelmstrom.se>
wrote:
> YES SORRY but FT 8 has killed Amateur Radio more or less.
> Instead there is a computer game going on.Computers picking up signals
> not even being able to be heard by humans. Real shame.
> And ARRL allow these game-connections to count for awards that BEFORE
> needed
> challange and efforts and operators skill.
> Many many operators has already lost interest in our hobby,and in some
> years ,
> the hobby is gone or just computer game.
> Kind regards
> Hans SM6CVX
> > 23 apr 2019 kl. 09:23 skrev Victor Goncharsky via Topband <
> topband@contesting.com>:
> >
> > This is not always the case. I have noticed long openings to Caribbean
> during last year 6m season with signal levels good enough for reliable CW
> QSOs but only FT8 portion of the band was alive.
> > Will see what will happen this year. Top band game is almost over with
> the last 3 new ones worked in April (but missed XR0) so 6m antenna is on
> its way to the tower this week.
> >
> >
> >> Вторник, 23 апреля 2019, 5:20 UTC от kolson@rcn.com:
> >>
> >>
> >> Just as a note , most of the DX operations on 6 meters moved to FT8
> because of the short, almost momentary nature of many 6 meter DX openings.
> But w hen the band supports longer prop ag ation periods, you will still
> find at least some DX on SSB and CW.
> >>
> >> For the most part, HF DX openings are of longer duration and don't
> particul arly require FT8, especially as opposed to CW. Of course, some
> operators prefer FT8 and that's cool too.
> >>
> >> 73 Kevin K3OX
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>
> >> From: "Andreas Junge" < andreas@n6nu.org >
> >> To: "Roger Kennedy" < roger@wessexproductions.co.uk >
> >> Cc: topband@contesting.com
> >> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2019 7:57:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Topband: Lack of NA Activity on CW
> >>
> >> Roger,
> >>
> >> Is your statement that you don’t have enough opportunities to rag-chew
> on 160M?
> >>
> >> There is plenty of CW activity if/when there is a new DXCC entity to be
> had like VI9NI. Lots of OPs are calling within minutes of a juicy one
> showing up. I think there are more stations with 160M capability than
> before.
> >>
> >> They just don’t want to talk to the same people over and over again.
> >>
> >> It looks like that DXpeditions are making it more of an effort these
> days to get on 160M.
> >>
> >> The same CW->FT8 move has happened on 6M where almost all of the DX is
> now FT8. The cheese has moved. Go where the cheese is or starve.
> >>
> >> It take a new DXCC any mode any time and that’s just me. Same as AA6VB,
> I live in the Bay Area my lot size dictates what I can put up for 160M. To
> a degree FT8 is a necessity to make any progress.
> >>
> >> And yes, I was fortunate enough to work VI9NI on CW/160M - thanks to
> the team for showing up during the West Coast sunrises.
> >>
> >> To each their own.
> >>
> >> 73, Andreas, N6NU
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Apr 22, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Roger Kennedy <
> roger@wessexproductions.co.uk > wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Well as far as I'm concerned Mike, FT8 would just be my computer
> having a
> >>> contact, not me personally . . . so it's not something I would ever be
> >>> interested in.
> >>>
> >>> But if that's the case, it's even more daft . . . as there's LOTS of
> people
> >>> who complain about the lack of DX activity on CW these days. But if
> more
> >>> people came on, there would be more CW activity !
> >>>
> >>> Roger G3YRO
> >>> --------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Roger
> >>>
> >>>> Did you look up in the FT8 band? That is where everyone is.
> >>>
> >>>> Mike va3mw
> >>>
> >>>
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> > --
> > 73, Victor Goncharsky US5WE/K1WE (UW5W in VHF contests, ex UB5WE), P.E.
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