[EME-net] Re: [Moon] EME-net / Moon?

[Joe Taylor]

Peter --

I hardly know why I bother to correct your statements, since 
you don't even have the courtesy to reply to my emails.  I 
cannot begin to understand your motivation, but it is 
evident that you are living in a fantasy world of 
self-delusion about JT65 and about me, personally.

 From your blog:

1. "... built on the statement that all CW operators cheat. 
All the time. This is often brought up as a truth by K1JT ..."

Fact: I have *never* said that all (or even most) CW 
operators cheat.  I would not say that because I do not 
believe it is true.

2. "W9IP is a close friend to K1JT, so this comes as no 
surprise."

Fact: I do know even know W9IP.  We have never met.  We do 
not correspond.  Wherever do you get these silly ideas?

3. "[CW and JT65] are pretty much equal, give or take a dB 
[of] S/N capability."

This is false.  I do not say this to denigrate CW; I simply 
say it because it is true.  The superiority of MFSK with FEC 
over On-Off Keying has been proven mathematically, in 
laboratory tests, and in real-world tests.

...

Peter Sundberg wrote:
> It was a very quick for the ARRL (or was it no decision at all) to allow
> digital to be mixed with analogue. It went very smooth when "Assisted" was
> introduced. But from there on to step back and separate classes seems to be
> an impossible task. 

A number of people in the US are working very hard to see 
that the ARRL EME Contest rules will be rationalized and 
enforced.  I am one of them.  I hope our efforts will be 
successful.

It is useful to have the opinions and suggestions of a wide 
range of contest participants.  I do not find it helpful 
when people rail and harangue about what has happened in the 
past, and then suggest that change is impossible.

Complaining is easy.  Working to effect change is not always 
so -- especially when some others are more interested in 
making trouble than in helping.

	-- 73, Joe, K1JT