FT8 = Lazy, Computer Scripted “Crapola”.
Since 2017 THIS is the “new” Ham Radio DXer. No skill required. Set your computer, go to dinner, come back after dessert and claim your DXCC “Participation Trophy“.
Look at the first few days of T22T and their 19K Q’s in the log:
How embarrassing. For both the DXpedition AND the new TXTer (oh sorry, I meant DXer). No hello’s, no goodbye’s, no speaking, no Morse Code CW skills, hell – no human communications whatsoever. Not a single CW or Phone Q. 19 thousand Q’s, and not a single one!
From their Press Release: “Rebel DX Group has given a quick update on their upcoming T22T – Tuvalu DXpedition. QRV from September 21 to October 9, 2023. 10 x stations on air simultaneously; CW (2 stations), SSB (1 station), FT8 (7 stations). WSJT-X software will be used on F/H mode. QSL via OQRS, LoTW.”
I guess the lure of lazy is just too much to actually operate Phone & CW on DXpeditions anymore. For both sides. Lazy is, as lazy does.
Thank God there’s still a few real DXers left that actually communicate via Human Modes!
See you fellow humans on the airwaves!
N0UN
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