SQ5EBM Maciej Muszalski deals with the controversial question of FT-8 and its benefits or harms for radio amateurs in the following video:
Video FT-8 / Depreciation of the DXCC Certificate / FT-8 Bots / Is it any good for ham radio? has several parts:
@ 00:00 Back again and intro
@ 0:30 Robots and DXCC certificate - an experiment
@ 1:51 Where's the point?
@ 2:10 The benefit of FT-8 or is it killing the hobby?
@ 3:05 The value of achievements
@ 4:12 Skills in FT-8
@ 6:00 Question for my viewers, Part 1
@ 7:15 Question for my viewers, part 2
Although it is obvious that this question is rather philosophical, it makes sense to deal with it. Amateur radio is evolving. From a technical point of view, it has increased SDR či remote station, došlo ku zmenám v povoľovacích podmienkach, mobilný telefón a internet sú štandardom aj sa mení sa demografia rádioamatérov. Skúste si v amatérskom hobby nájsť to svoje a zamyslieť sa aj nad tým, čo ním prinášate sebe aj budúcim generáciám.