I don't know hams who do this.
You are a lucky one, who has a quiet location. 99% of hams are not so lucky.
For my first 50 years in ham radio, I lived on small lots with limited
space for antennas. Receive antennas were out of the question. When I've
traveled in Europe, I've seen even greater congestion in every city I've
visited, and have been told that's why so many EU hams operate from club
stations.
In my retirement, I was able to buy a wonderful QTH with my life savings
and have enough to live on. Here, with help from neighbors, I've built
the ham station beyond my wildest dreams. I have receive antennas. BUT -
two are pointing to strong noise sources. So there's no escaping it.
WSJT modes, including, but not limited to, FT8, provide SOME help with
the noise, and without the cheating you site. And using FT8 and similar
modes as they were designed, without the automation that those who don't
use it claim that it's widely used to vilify it, is NOT cheating.
Believe it or not, as much as I love CW, it is not "God's" way to do ham
radio.
73, Jim K9YC
On 6/2/2026 10:51 PM, uy0zg via Topband wrote:
If there's no way to have RX antennas and no prospects?
Then what? Look for workarounds like the internet?
Currently, on the first page of this list
http://www.arrl.org/system/dxcc/view/DXCC-160M-20260602-USLetter.pdf
, 90 percent of listeners in Zone 16 are SDR receiver users from other
continents ...
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