[SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?

[Pete]

<Cboone at earthlink.net> wrote:
> PSK31 is known as a "very weak signal" mode....a lot of times, it can copy at or below the noise floor..
  True. JT65 is even better.
> RTTY? Not really...
  True.
> PSK31 is NOT an error correcting mode (also RTTY is not) so once your transmit, you will NOT
> retransmit it and anything lost in reception is gone
  True, but so what. You need repeats almost all the time on every other mode, too until you fill it all in.
> ....Other digital modes are error correcting.
  Only packet and (FEC) Pactor modes self correct. There are many, MANY digital modes now, and NONE of them do. But that doesn't keep 'em from being incredibly efficient and useful.
> its a shame the rules do not allow digital below 50.100 in the US....
  CW IS the ORIGINAL digital mode.
> would make more sense to have it in the CW portion than the SSB voice range
  Uh, oh. Now you've gone and done it... Not sure anyone would agree with you on that one, Chris; not on 6m, anyway.
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-Pete / NL7XM