>From time to time, tickling the RBN nodes on 160 proves that the band is open, sometimes nicely so. The almost constant FT8 signals nail it.
People get on the band when they think there will be someone to talk to, this includes trying to get some elusive DX. In the end FT8 will prove that the band is there. The extent to which the band is actually open, by the constant FT8, will start to change people's thought about when the bands are normally open, both time of day and seasons. The number of CW contest logs submitted to contest sponsors is going up. This is decades after No Code. And it certainly seems like some ops are learning their CW skills after they have been a ham for a while. People have been saying that CW seemingly forever. I still love CW but truthfully I can't argue that it isn't obsolete. *** The question that doesn't get asked is whether CW is still FUN.*** If it's still fun, it ain't going away, including such as the thrill of digging a rare one on CW out of the noise with your own brain and ears. Anyone who was around when we lost 11 meters, knows that lack of activity loses frequencies. Bring it on. Bring it all on. We'll figure it out just fine. There are some really smart people in the ham ranks. We'll do OK 73, Guy K2AV On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:49 PM, Michael Walker <va...@portcredit.net> wrote: > > Explain why on some nights there are many FT8 signals, and no CW signals. > No one calling CQ and everyone just listening. > > If you build it they will come. > > Mike va3mw > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
