[Elecraft] Legacy = Low Latency: FSK-D mode

[Jim Brown]

On 3/22/2019 3:29 PM, Wes wrote:
> DXCC certificate that actually says "RTTY" on it. Today it's harder to 
> find new ones, but I have 254 confirmed now with my modest station.

Congrats on that.  I too am quite happy with AFSK.

>
> It's great fun and even though it's a "digital" mode, operator skill 
> still makes a difference.

Yep. RTTY contesting can be a lot of fun, especially with SO2R. A couple 
of guys in our contest club, WK6I and W0YK, win RTTY contests running 
three radios.  And operator skill also matters with FT8, even though 
it's also possible to make QSOs with minimal operator involvement.
>
> Unfortunately, I heard one of the current DXpeditions plopped on 
> 14.080 using the abysmal FT8

That's because 1) RTTY is very difficult for the DXpedition operator in 
a pileup, making for slow QSO rates; 2)  the latest version of WSJT-X 
includes a "DXpedition mode" that allows far greater rates than RTTY; 
and the signal to noise advantage of FT8 over CW (moderate) and SSB (a 
lot) allows QSOs over more difficult paths and with more modest stations.

73, Jim K9YC