I’ve literally only heard them with FT8 (still haven’t gotten them in the log
because I could only hear them for about an hour on 20 and an hour on 30 at -20
and below) – I’ve heard the pileup for CW and SSB but can’t hear Baker at all.
If that trend continues, my ONLY chance of getting them in the log will be FT8.
To me, that’s pretty darn cool as I otherwise would not have a shot.
Jim S.
N2ADV
From: Glen Brown [mailto:210g...@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 6:49 PM
To: WSJT software development
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Observation on Expedition Mode
In my opinion FT8 has been working great in its first outing. And it's proven
robust enough to keep working when some operators are not set up correctly.
Just RTFM and you'll do well.
And don't be threatened by a new way of operating. As Joe points out, work
them CW and SSB when you can, FT8 when you can't. This is a great opportunity
for low power and antenna-limited stations to get a new one.
Kudos to the FT8 development team.
73, Glen W6GJB
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Joe Taylor <j...@princeton.edu> wrote:
On 6/30/2018 10:14 AM, Black Michael via wsjt-devel wrote:
... I noticed the the Baker team gave a lukewarm endorsement of FT8 on their
news update ...
I do not consider their endorsement of FT8 to be lukewarm, at all.
Currently they have uploaded 12,319 QSOs to ClubLog:
CQ 4,735
SSB 4,507
FT8 3,077
-----------
12,319
One of their intentions was to run CW amd SSB when band conditions are good,
when QSO rates can be highest. FT8 works well even in poorer conditions. I
believe they are happy with their decision to use FT8 and its DXpedition Mode.
They would be even happier if more people used the correct software and
followed the Hound operating instructions, preferably with a dollop of common
sense.
-- 73, Joe, K1JT
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