[Elecraft] Digital rag chewing, was RTTY in days of old

[Bill Frantz]

On 12/16/13 at 3:07 AM, w2blc at nycap.rr.com (Bill W2BLC) wrote:

>The computer stuff may work well, but it is cold and devoid of 
>personality - about the same as everything else that is 
>computer controlled. Today's "QSOs" are done with single key 
>strokes (and the chance of finding a good rag chew is very 
>rare). It is all about a fast contact and computer generated 
>logbook entries.

I have generally found rag chewers on 20M PSK, sometimes more of 
them, sometimes fewer. I've had nice chats with Michael, VE3NOO; 
Al, W8TTY; and Mary, KC4TIE to name just a few.

I'll be on 20M PSK exclusively from New Hampshire until the end 
of the year. If you see me give a call. Just don't send 73 sk 
until you're done. We can chat.

Cheers - Bill

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