>Modes over last 2 hours
Some may say this is nit picking but to me it is important:
MOST of those so called modes listed are NOT different modes of
transmission, they are digital protocols. A mode of transmission is a
method for altering a RF carrier so it conveys information. CW is a
mode. So is AM. Spark is not a mode; it is an altogether different
way of generating RF. FSK is a mode.
With most computer generated digital data transmissions, the method is
the same; only the digital protocol changes. Therefore, they are not
separate discrete modes. Let's not aggrandize computer generated
transmission--a lot of digital stuff is one mode, but many different
formats or protocols.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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