[Elecraft] Calling CQ on PSK-31

[Steve Ellington]

Panadapter?
You can see most of the PSK section of any band on the software's 
waterfall....Assuming you're using software ie. MIXW etc.
Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lstavenhagen" <lstavenhagen at hotmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Calling CQ on PSK-31


>
> Just a thought from a PSK beginner, a 3 by 3 CQ in PSK31 is really short 
> if
> you do the (IMO) right thing and listen carefully in between each CQ. Just 
> a
> few seconds. Same with a CQ in CW at 20wpm or more, you're only on the air
> for a really short time. So unless the other station has a pan adapter, 
> the
> likelihood of them happening to hear you during those times is pretty 
> small
> unless it's a contest or QSO party situation.
>
> Fortunately, there's not much shortage of other stations calling CQ if the
> band is open and during active times (i.e. in the morning or the evening
> when folks are coming home from work) so there's still plenty of
> opportunities to make QSO's.  As pan adapters come into more widespread 
> use,
> it'll be easier to browse the band for other stations too.
>
> So as my elmers used to tell me years ago, be patient and keep 
> listening...
>
> 73,
> LS
> W5QD
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