[SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?

[doc at kd4e.com]

I wonder if we tried a PSK31 NET on a schedule we might discover some
marginal propagation that CW and SSB are missing?

OR ...

I am guessing that digital mode software can be set to beacon CQ's,
pause to listen, then auto-respond?

If that is correct then we could look at the saved log to see when the
propagation was open.

> PSK31 is known as a "very weak signal" mode....a lot of times, it can copy
> at or below the noise floor.. RTTY? Not really...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....Other digital modes
> are error correcting.
>
> its a shame the rules do not allow digital below 50.100 in the US....would
> make more sense to have it in the CW portion than the SSB voice range
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>   How do RTTY and PSK31 compare re. weak signal, QRN, QRM,
>> and QSB handling?

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