@kajer @dlakelan @Dansgeary LOL, it's a point of debate, but I think of FT8 as the equivalent of a slot machine... pull the handle, hope you get a jackpot. Pull the handle. hope you get a jackpot. Pull the handle, hope you get a jackpot. Take a puff of your cigarette. Pull the handle, hope you get a jackpot (repeat all day).
I once setup a OCF inverted v dipole on top of a friends barn, and got Australia from Fresno, CA. It's really a crap shoot.
Ah, quite regular to get to Australia for me! Gets in quite well depending on time of year, band, etc.
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i've read about tcpip over shortwave, but never invested in equipment. thinking about again as a way to escape the billionaire zoo. baud rate? depends on equipment no doubt.
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Holy shit
I have done ax25 on 9600 and 1200 baud vhf packet modems... But SW?!?!
I think my airgap transmitter has more throughput than any common digital mode