I agree; the FT-8 thing has had a lot of negative impact; some of the other modes that take longer, but are weak signal modes were far less devastating; people used lower power and got along more or less without interfering too much except with other JT modes... I think the quick turn part of FT8 contributed to its rapid growth, and the use of it with high power made it worse.
I am back to longing for a simple CW contact at a leisurely pace... Back to my KX2 (serial number 72!) for a little fun on 30 M. 73 de Dave, W5SV On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [KX3] < kx3-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > At first I thought it was my receiver. Or my antenna farm, limited in > scale by a pre-nuptial clause. Or noise caused by the zomboid army of > switching power supplies oozing inexorably into my personal space. > > Nope. > > It turns out the dearth of CW and SSB signals on 6 meters at the height of > 2018 Spring Sporadic-E season can be traced to one factor: the 24-hour > intravenous rave that is FT-8. > > Yeah, I get the whole sub-noise-floor-and-not-automated-(wink)-QSO thing. > But I’d like to figure out how those of us who enjoy the occasional > gear-grinding manual-transmission contact can find each other on this brave > new highway. Ideas? > > Wayne > N6KR > > > > ------------------------------------ > Posted by: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > ------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > kx3-dig...@yahoogroups.com > kx3-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: > https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/ > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
