[bars] 5H1WX (Tanzania Mafia Island) on 12m - easy!

[Juan Jiménez]

The reason FT8 is popular is because you can do QSO's at power levels that
would be dang near impossible with CW or other variations of the hobby. The
way the software extracts data from faint signals is almost magic.

73,
K1CPR
Juan


On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 1:24 PM Tim K1DC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hiya Richie,
>
> Yes, there are actual humans at both ends of the contact.  Is it rag
> chewing?  No.  Is it like a contest contact on CW,RTTY or even SSB?  Yes,
> we exchange location and signal reports and that qualifies as a complete
> QSO.
>
> Is FT8 for everyone?  Of course not.  But neither is CW, or RTTY, or SSTV,
> or rag chewing, or VHF, or satellites, or POTA, or
> name-your-favorite-mode/activity.  The beautiful genius of our hobby is
> that there is a cornucopia of ways to enjoy it!
>
> 73,
>
> T.
>
>
> On 09/24/2024 11:33, Richard T wrote:
>
> Is FT8 a pc talking to a pc or is it an actual QSO with humans?
> RichieT
> W1RJT
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024, 11:11 AM Tim K1DC <k1dc.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The very small (but incredibly & irresistibly cute!) kind. ;-)
>>
>> T.
>>
>>
>> On 09/24/2024 10:36, KC1SOZ wrote:
>>
>> WHICH potato? My wife has six kinds in her garden??? 😝😝😝😝
>>
>> 73,
>> KC1SOZ
>> Juan
>>
>>
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