FT8 Has Completely Destroyed Ham Radio
And I mean for you phone ops as well.
May we talk?

Like families carrying smart phones around with them 24/7... who haven't spoken to each other in months (years?) with their actual voices. What a wonderful 'communications innovation'! Hell, I used AIM back in the 90s, and it was what smart phones strive to be in the hands of the consumer these days.

Like hams with microphones... who haven't actually, you know- talked to each other in so long they can't remember their last actual conversation they had, why they have the mic still connected.. or why they even bother anymore with any of it.

Like the 'participation trophy' for coming in almost last- that trophy being even more glorious than that of 'the winner' - the FT8 lover gets contacts without even calling anyone..... almost like a Dire Straights song... "get your license for nothin', get yer contacts for free"

May we talk?

When they say to practice 'social distancing' - they DO NOT mean for hams to stop talking - and to exchange a few lines of meaningless text instead. Instead of, you know, getting to know each other and becoming friends.

May we talk?

Not if we're hams anymore. We robotically, mechanically, automatically, without our knowledge even - exchance a few meaningless lines of text. And we don't even need to be by the 'radio' (radio-PC hybrid robot). How very exciting. True 'innovation in communicating' with each other isn't it? Amazing.

May we talk?

Apparently not.

We're hams you know!
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FT-anything Sucks and is Ruining Ham Radio for the CW Op: [ Ссылка ]

FT-anything SUCKS, is RUINING ham radio for CW ops - part 2 - We need legislation to stop it: [ Ссылка ]

If you've never watched my QRP story, would you consider it? I've never before asked anyone to like anyting, to sub, or any of that. But it would mean a lot to me if you'd watch this. It's the most amazing thing that's ever happend to me in my 46 years as a ham . [ Ссылка ]

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