[Elecraft] Short QSO's (was Re: 6M CW)

[Joe Planisky]

I've had good luck finding rag chews using the Olivia mode.  Olivia is  
a digital MFSK mode that works very well in poor conditions.  Because  
it uses lots of redundancy when sending data, it's slower than many  
other digital modes.  (The most common sub-mode, 500/16, sends  
characters at about 19.5 WPM).  This slowness seems to make it  
unpopular with the RST-QTH-Name-73 crowd.  Ironically, the slow speed  
also seems to encourage rag chewing.  At least that's been my  
experience.   My theory is that if you're patient enough to use  
Olivia, your the kind of person who doesn't mind stopping to chat for  
a while :-)

Do a Google search for "olivia ham radio" and you'll find lots of info  
on it.

73
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Joe KB8AP

On Jul 8, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Don Cunningham wrote:

> ...I spend DAYS looking for a good, RTTY ragchew, unless one of
> my old friends shows up on frequency.  ... I thought maybe it was
> a change in technology, so geared up for PSK, but got the very same  
> name,
> location, gear, bye, CUL QSO's there too. ...
> Don, WB5HAK