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Short Exchange Digital Modes
in Official Community Blog
A blog by K3MRI in General
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I've been a "digi" modes user from the beginning it was possible to work via soundcards in a PC. I was one of the first PSK users ever, as I was one of the first FT8 users ever too !
Hats of for K1JT, he made some really great low signal modes (NOT LOW POWER MODES !!). I've never seen such a quick raise of popularity as it happened for the FT8 mode. The mistake K1JT made is that he dropped this modes on HF frequencies that have been in use for a long time by other modes like PSK, Olivia, RTTY etc. That created a big love and hate story, I've been irritated myself, even wrote some mails to Joe Taylor himself. Not IARU but K1JT is writing the bandplans this days ...
But as mode, FT8 and FT4 deserve to be a part of the hobby !
73 ON4VT.be aka OT4V