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TURNAROUND TIME WITH MULTIPLE MINUTE LONG SEQUENCES NEEDED TO MAKE A JT65
CONTACT WAS ANOTHER FACTOR.  SOMETIMES CONDITIONS WOULD DROP BEFORE A
CONTACT WAS COMPLETED.  IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A RUN MODE.  ANOTHER ISSUE I
SEE IS THAT DIGITAL IS BECOMING AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB TO WORK DX ON 50 MHZ.
VERY FEW DX STATIONS ARE NOW ON CW AND SSB DURING OPENINGS EVEN THOUGH WHEN
JT65 SHOWS SIGNALS OF 10 DB OR STRONGER, CW CONTACTS ARE POSSIBLE.  K1JT
HAS DEVELOPED SOME NEW MODES SUCH AS JT9E AND FT8.  IF THESE NEW JT DIGITAL
MODES CAN EVOLVE WITH FASTER TURNAROUND TIMES LIKE WHAT WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED ON THE WSJT X REFLECTOR, THEN WE MAY SEE 6 METER DX ACTIVITY
BECOME ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FAST TURNAROUND JT DIGITAL MODES.  THE LANDSCAPE
OF 50 MHZ HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY THIS SUMMER.  I WOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH NEW
OPERATORS AND VETERANS TO EXPLORE AND OPERATE ALL THE MODES ANALOG AND
DIGITAL AND ENCOURAGE DX TO USE CW IF CONDITIONS SUPPORT IT.  ON THE BANDS
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