20-01-2018, 05:20 PM
The FT8 digital mode has big uptake
Until now there has been only anecdotal evidence that FT8 introduced in 2017 had been adopted by many on our bands.
The weak signal text mode has certainly taken over from the previous JT65, which had been favoured.
It is safe to say that the adoption of FT8 has been phenomenally fast.
The WIA Statistician Marc VK3OHM in analysing the award system data says about 20 per cent of all QSOs in 2017 were in the FT8 mode.
The WIA does not issue DXCC on the basis of FT8 mode alone. QSO using FT8 mode would contribute to the "Digital" mode of DXCC.
However, Marc VK3OHM finds there are 7 people who have achieved 100+ DXCC entities using the FT8 mode only.
(Jim Linton VK3PC)
From text edition for JAN 21 2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-01-21.mp3
Until now there has been only anecdotal evidence that FT8 introduced in 2017 had been adopted by many on our bands.
The weak signal text mode has certainly taken over from the previous JT65, which had been favoured.
It is safe to say that the adoption of FT8 has been phenomenally fast.
The WIA Statistician Marc VK3OHM in analysing the award system data says about 20 per cent of all QSOs in 2017 were in the FT8 mode.
The WIA does not issue DXCC on the basis of FT8 mode alone. QSO using FT8 mode would contribute to the "Digital" mode of DXCC.
However, Marc VK3OHM finds there are 7 people who have achieved 100+ DXCC entities using the FT8 mode only.
(Jim Linton VK3PC)
From text edition for JAN 21 2018 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/
Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2018-01-21.mp3
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