[SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

we are ALl entitled to our own opinions, My personal opinion, ( not that of 
the club ) is that if you cant hear it with your own ear it shouldnt  COUNT 
!.

 Like I said thats MY opinion.

                                                                             
         Joey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete" <TwelveVDC at aol.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?


> <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.
>>
>
> -Pete / NL7XM
>
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