[ILQSO] Digital Operations

[Ray Andrews]

Danny,

Amen!  I have no illusions of ever being able to bring home a plaque.
However, I will be working towards one of the new single county portable
certificates this year.  Let's face it, a one or two county operation will
probably never be able to compete with portables set up on a three or four
county corner.  I am not a CW operator which makes it difficult to compete
with the dual mode operations.  Bottom line:  Wife & I love to camp, and the
QSO parties are a great excuse to go camping & operate on the radio in one
fell swoop.

Someone expressed the thought that PSK31, RTTY, or other digital mode would
be a way to compete with the stations running CW.  The 2 problems with that
idea are QSO rate & number of stations available to work.  Yes, it is a way
to get some 2-point QSO's, but not at the same level as the CW ops.

Anyway, it is time to go finish loading the camper & head for Lincoln Trail
State Park.  See you all on Sunday.

73, Ray, K9DUR