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   From: andrew@nojunqmail.com   
      
   On 03/02/2022 07:53, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:   
   >   
   >> 2m FT8 activity contest   
   >>   
   >> Posted: 02 Feb 2022 01:08 PM PST   
   >> http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/2022/02/2m-ft8-activity-contest.html   
   >   
   > christ 2m is a desert enough ssb or fm so why now ruin it with an FT8   
   > contest ? ....   
      
      
   How ruin it?   
   FT8 uses a couple of KHz around 144.174MHz it is hardly stopping anyone   
   using the remaining 2 MHz.   
      
   FT8 and JS8 users use a 200Hz wide band in a fixed, narrow bandwidth,   
   it's not like they are shouting out all over the band.   
      
      
   Andy   
      
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