At the risk of being shot/hung/burned at the stake: I think PSK is the
better mode for them to be using. Their setup is less than optimum (power,
antennas, experienced pile-up managers), all of which lend themselves far more
favorably to PSK than dealing with a bunch of RTTY ops running KW+ and
jamming/QRMing/calling incessantly/etc.
PSK is far better on "this side" as well, considering the marginal signal
conditions for the vast majority of the U.S.
Putting aside the fact that they prefer PSK (end of discussion), a 2-3 kHz
wide passband to simply click on a trace for a QSO will lead to far more
contacts than a KWRTTYmelee.
Finally, PSK will get you the "digital credit" for DXCC, same as RTTY. RTTY
apparently will have to wait for the high power/multibeam type operation.
73,
Steve
In a message dated 12/20/2004 10:54:33 A.M. Central Standard Time,
wbeyerjr@cfl.rr.com writes:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex <a45wd@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Dec 20, 2004 11:19 AM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] VU4NRO on RTTY - soon
>
> Hi,
> Today I had a short conversation with Sara - VU4NRO
> and he promised to do RTTY "after 2 days". He
> mentioned twice that everybody need VU4 as a "new one"
> on PSK31, so most of his digital operation will focus
> on PSK31.
>
> Am I the only one missing VU4 on RTTY ??? I am not too
> much a fan of PSK31 mode..
>
> Good luck!
> Alex, A45WD
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