On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:38:06 -0800 Gerald Caouette <ve6nap@oanet.com>
writes:
>Cw still remains the narrowest single frequency
>mode to transmit information reliably .. ( Human factors not taken
>into
>account)... The other digital modes that we as amateurs use at present
>
>remain spectrum hogs when compared to CW.
You don't need to go to spread spectrum to beat cw. Figure 7
on page 39 of July, 1996 QST shows PACTOR II cruising at
about 100 words per minute, error free, with SNR = 0, in the
presence of multipath distortion and fading.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
K6LL@juno.com
Yuma, AZ
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