I guess that I'm not among the many. I'm 78 and have been a ham for almost 62 of
them. I took up Satellite work at age 35, EME at 38, RTTY at 68 and I can't
live without my SDR panadapter.
By coincidence I got a handful of QSLs from the bureau today. One was from
JH7OHS for a 432 EME JT65B QSO. This is astounding; these digital modes are
great. I've made FT-8 QSOs when I wasn't even in the shack and now I have an
EME QSO when I've never been on 432 in my life.
Wes N7WS
On 1/10/2020 10:02 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
+ AA6YQ comments below
It would seem that the new digital modes have re-invigorated ham radio, at
least activity wise. But if ham radio is so fragile that it cannot sustain in
the face of interest in a new mode, maybe it deserves to die. I personally
don't think it will, it is and has always been a big tent...73, Kevin K3OX
+ If CW, AM, SSB, transistors, integrated circuits, VHF repeaters, packet
clusters, CW decoders, soundcard RTTY applications, soundcard PSK applications,
panoramic reception, and software-defined radios haven't managed to kill
amateur radio, I doubt that FT4 or FT8 will succeed.
+ It's been my experience that many ops consider the technology they were using up
through age 35 to be "standard". Any technology that appears after they reach
that age will be considered a mortal threat to amateur radio.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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