>> Digital modes are the future. It will give those hams who have limited real estate and monetary resources to enjoy the topband. << Mike
Digital modes are not new and there are several ways to enjoy top band, even do DX from a 1/3 acre with limited monetary resources. Doug NX4D is a good example, he just confirmed #277 on top band and 40 zones from a 1/3 lot with power lines 20 Ft. from his RX antenna, However it is not an easy way. Doug gave up all HF antennas to keep only one vertical that he was able to detune. He built an expensive dual flag rotatable array that only worked after Doug eliminated all common mode noise and got a good preamplifier. It I hard work to keep a station for 160m. W8VVG, Larry also enjoy his 160m station with a rotatable flag. WSJT was not designed to be used on HF, the sequence is very low, takes 1 min to send 73. It is boring. The reason people is using it is because it is easy. It is not about the value to enjoy a CW QSO on top band, and more about cost and dedication to improve the station to effective on top band. In my opinion , same I said years ago the digital segment should be above 1900 KHz, lots of space, small antennas and even better propagation. Regards N4IS Jose Carlos _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
