My guess is that a lot of those folks fall into the category of collectors ... countries, states, grids, counties, etc. It's not much difference at all than for most DX chasers ... quick report and that's it, except that FT8 provides its own list of stations that HE can hear as opposed to what somebody else heard and posted to a cluster.
Others, like the guy who posted here just a bit ago, use it for propagation purposes (like with PSK Reporter) or maybe just to see how far they can work with modest gear and antennas. FT8 at least gives sort of standard signal reports.
And let's face it ... a lot of ham radio QSOs are exceedingly boring. Signal report, name, rig, QTH, and the weather. They are as canned as an FT8 exchange.
Dave AB7E On 8/31/2025 1:05 PM, Jeff Cook via Elecraft wrote:
My surprise at the prevalence of FT8, and yes POTA, is not in what it takes to make a contact, but that they end at the contact itself, off to the next dozen.
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