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[AMPS] ARRL and QST (and CW Relevance)

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Subject: [AMPS] ARRL and QST (and CW Relevance)
From: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner, W7TI)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:24:24 GMT
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:38:18 -0000, Michael Tope <W4EF@pacbell.net>
wrote:

>Yeah, but at what data rate? Uncoded BPSK bandwidth
>is usually about 1.4 times the data rate depending
>on the pulse shaping used in the modulator. 31 Hz would
>imply a data rate of around 22 bits/sec. If you are using
>8 bit ASCII for coding, this implies 2.8 characters of 
>text. If I understand the definition of a morse "word"
>correctly (not sure that I do), this is about the same
>as 40 wpm CW. More efficient coding of the data in the BPSK 
>link would of course stack the deck in favor of PSK a bit 
>more though.  
>
>
>73 de Mike, W4EF..........   
______________________________________________
According to the help file, PSK (the freeware version) is designed for
50 wpm typing.

73, Bill W7TI


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