inside baseball time: js8call is called a "conversational mode" but I've had exactly zero QSOs despite many CQs but you better believe I always get a response to a heartbeat transmission. Like, what use is the capacity for chatting if nobody is gonna use it for anything but a glorified wspr beacon?? I have more fun making automated contacts on ft8, at least nobody over there is pretending they're doing anything but exactly what it is they are doing.
5 months ago