[Elecraft] PACTOR iii

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > I'm a little puzzled by the irritation with the presence of amateur
 > Pactor3 transmissions in the Ham bands. The usual Pactor RMS
 > frequencies seem to be well away from the commonly used CW frequencies
 > (30m maybe an exception), and when operating CW I've never found them
 > to be a problem.

They're not "well away" from other digital activity like traditional
RTTY and some of the newer modes like JT65, etc.  The automatic trash
is a severe problem on 30 and 17 meters on a regular basis as well as
40 and 20 meters during RTTY contests.

The point is that 90% of the "traffic" passed on amateur frequencies
- including "position reports" and e-mail - belongs on commercial
networks not the amateur bands.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 4/29/2012 10:18 PM, Chip Stratton wrote:
> I guess I'm one of the unclean. I licensed 3 1/2 years ago primarily
> because I wanted to be able to use my vessel's SSB while  making an
> occasional offshore passage. Now I'm a die-hard Elecraft fan with a
> KX1, a K2, (jonesing for a KX3) and a slowly increasing code speed.
> Except for those occasions when I'm offshore and use Pactor3 to post
> position reports, and communicate via email with family and friends, I
> am almost exclusively CW these days.
>
> I'm a little puzzled by the irritation with the presence of amateur
> Pactor3 transmissions in the Ham bands. The usual Pactor RMS
> frequencies seem to be well away from the commonly used CW frequencies
> (30m maybe an exception), and when operating CW I've never found them
> to be a problem. During contests, when the entire band is filled with
> CW ops, I can see how an op looking for a clear freq might run into
> QRM from sailors using Pactor modems. That's not to excuse those who
> fire up their modems without listening first, but normally there seems
> to be plenty of room for everybody.
>
> Chip
> AE5KA
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