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

[The Smiths]

And it sounds really cool too.
 
> From: jplan at jeffnet.org
> To: wb5hak at martineer.net
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 21:21:33 -0700
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Short QSO's (was Re: 6M CW)
> 
> 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
> --
> 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
> 
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