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[TowerTalk] Re: [DX] Some Thoughts

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: [DX] Some Thoughts
From: k6ll@juno.com (David O. Hachadorian)
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 00:57:26 EST
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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