[SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

YES !

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                                                             Joey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <doc at kd4e.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] PSK31 on 50.290?


>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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