Mike,
the only automation is in the middle of the contact, the operator has to
be in front of the radio and computer in order to select a station to
answer, to begin transmission, and to log the QSO.
None of that is automated in WSJT-X. I cannot speak for other programs
that have gone beyond that.
Neil, KN3ILZ
On 7/3/2018 5:06 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
That is FT8. There is no involvement once the contact starts. That is
the beauty of it. The automation is no legal in the USA and many
other places but I doubt it will be addressed much like excessive
power. It is never addressed. Do it right. Don't worry about
others. Have fun.
The RTTY difference is that they come back to me and I moved, they
can't find me, they waste more time sending w0mu 599 over and over and
over again. That is not better in my book. If have not left. I push
one other button to make a contact. Seems pretty similar to me.
To each their own.
W0MU
On 7/3/2018 2:59 PM, ANDY DURBIN wrote:
"How is it any different than the RTTY setups used for DXpeditions
that would do essentially the same thing, listen over a wide range
and stack the calls heard?"
The, in my opinion huge, difference is that FT8 DXpedition mode does
not even require the operator to be in the shack to complete the
QSO. All it takes is to start auto TX of your grid and then walk
away. As long as your call gets on the stack before your watchdog
times out (assuming you have not defeated it) then the rest is
automatic, including waking up your TX Enable if it had timed out.
Two of my KH1 FT8 QSO were completed after I had given up and turned
off TX Enable. Although I was still in the shack I had no
involvement in completing the QSO. I was just a spectator. That is
very different from the level of interaction required to complete a
QSO in CW, Phone, or RTTY.
I have no opinion on the experience of the DXpedition operator. Never
been one and not likely to be one.
73,
Andy k3wyc
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