I'm not nervous. I'm sorry that today's hams won't experience those feelings
when gaining a new land on TB. I'm 3 countries short of 300.DXCC CW. But I'm
giving up the fight with the no-nonsense attitude towards hoby development.
To top it all off, the expedition will not even be present on the island.
What comes more. Ban the telegraph.
--
73 Slavek Zeler
www.lc-variable.eu
www.okdxf.eu
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Od: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Komu: topband@contesting.com
Datum: 19. 2. 2024 20:53:57
Předmět: Re: Topband: https://clublog.org/logsearch/CB0ZA
"On 2/19/2024 7:27 AM, Saulius Zalnerauskas wrote:
> Look's like this "Sherlock Holmes" not understand what CB0ZA Robot doing.
It is unreasonable to assume that all FT8 QSOs are with robots. I know
some of the very experienced CW ops who run FT8 on expeditions. WSJT-X
software makes the mode quite time-efficient for expeditions. It's a
replacement for RTTY, not CW.
It should be observed that no less a great engineer and operator than
AA7JV is a strong believer in the mode. George is one of the best
operators and most innovative engineers I know. And he's got great big
balls! Check out his history. This is a guy who would swim hundred of
yards to to his boat anchored offshore to upload the log, which was on a
thumb drive in a baggie in his mouth. And who designed very effective
topband antennas specifically for the conditions on the islands where he
planned to set up. And who designed and built diplexers for Topband
transmitting antennas so that both CW and FT8 stations could be active
simultaneously every night, so that the "magic" openings that usually
occur one or two nights out of 3 weeks would not be missed. And who
invented "Radio In A Box," drastically reducing the cost and physical
difficulty of expeditions to islands.
I made several QSOs with the CB0 team this weekend during ARRL DX CW.
Great ops made it easy to work them. I did not work 160 this weekend --
storms have taken out all of my RX antennas.
73, Jim K9YC
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