"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Dee Flint wrote:
The digital modes are wiped out by conditions that will still permit CW
to be used.

CW is wiped out by conditions that will still permit
PACTOR II to be used, e.g. I cannot hear any signals
at all on an apparently dead band and a friend in
Germany pops up on the screen.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Everyone keeps ignoring that I maintain that: EVERY MODE HAS ITS ADVANTAGES
AND DISADVANTAGES. I keep repeating this but no one cares to acknowledge
such a plain and simple fact. Why is that? Are you all so set on bashing
what you don't like? Are you all so set on trying to prove that your
favorite mode, whatever it may be, is the best?

Unless Pactor II has recently been put into the public domain, it requires
buying proprietary hardware to run it instead of using a simple inexpensive
sound card interface with commonly available software. Most hams are not
thrilled with the idea of proprietary hardware and data modes.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE