Hi Topbanders !
Everything is easy to fix. There should be a strict separation of achievements - 1. They are made only by man. 2. They are made only on the computer. Delete Mixed Achievement Chart : http://www.arrl.org/system/dxcc/view/DXCC-160M-20190731-A4.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-12,848 And then FT8 (and many future FTs ....) will lose popularity. Only children will play with them ... --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Peter Sundberg писал 2019-07-31 20:31:
If we CW operators would all stay on a very tight frequency passband and call CQ every 15 seconds I bet there would be a lot of interesting things happening to us also. Especially if we do it 24/7 or at least every hour that we are not asleep. However, PC-automation has it's advantages, some are at work while working DX and others are gardening. Some even sit by the radio/PC and watch things happen :-) Bottom line is, we need to activate our transmitters more and not just listen for others. A perfect example is Bill KH7XS who opens up almost any seemingly "dead" band to Europe, at any time, just by calling CQ for a while. CW is not only great fun as you say Dave, CW is King! 73 Peter SM2CEW
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