[PaQSO] RTTY/PSK

Mark K3MSB k3msb at direcway.com
Wed Mar 1 21:05:08 EST 2006


I concur.  There's very little skill required for RTTY and PSK.  It's 
all done by computer.

With CW,  its the skill of the operator to decode the signal, unless 
you're using a computer to receive CW, and I've got no respect fot that 
what-so-ever.

Mark K3MSB

Stan Reas wrote:

>
>>         The necessary changes will be to add digital fields to the 
>> scoring,
>> and to add their points at the proper point value to the score.
>>
>>         The additions are RTTY and PSK QSO. A person can potentially 
>> make a:
>>
>>         CW
>>         SSB
>>         RTTY
>>         PSK
>>
>>         contact with the same other OP on any given band.
>>
>>         CW is worth 2 points on 160 and 80 meters, and 1.5 points on the
>> other bands used in the contest.
>>
>>         SSB is worth 1 point on any band.
>>
>>         RTTY and PSK are worth 2 points on any band.
>
>
> VERY POOR idea to give these "digital" modes 2 points on all bands.
>
> CW is the original digital mode !
>
> Keep it up, you'll run us CW operators off !
>
> 73, Stan - K4UK
>
>
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