M0YNG

M0CUV, 15 days ago to random

Quite a successful day operating FT8. Slightly marred when a Shannon denier arrived to tell me digital modes are “not real radio” ie not CW or Voice. I’d like to have seen him work Brazil, Australia and Turkey with QRP on 28MHz on the day after massive solar storms wiped out the short wave bands. Not impossible, but why restrict yourself to pre-1948 communications modes? I don’t get it. Unless it’s for historical re-enactment or to keep ancient equipment running. Or you just don’t like progress?