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From: "Dee Flint" on Fri, Oct 27 2006 8:16pm
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Dee Flint wrote:
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Dee Flint wrote:
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How refreshing to find that not one attribute has been forged.
In addition, I have repeatedly stated that each and every mode has
its
advantages and disadvantages.
If you were to compare and contrast all existing modes, it think it is
likely that you would claim that CW is the best mode.
Depends on the conditions. One can construct scenarios where whatever
mode
they favor is the "best".
"CW always gets through..." :-)
"CW always gets through" in only one scenario, and that is a fictitious
K3LT scenario.
Any one striving to be a knowledgeable ham should
be converstant with those scenarios.
...especially in the Newington, CT, area. :-)
Is somebody running for an ARRL office?
If you need an image, SST or fax are
far better modes than CW. The "best" mode depends on the purpose of the
communication and the conditions under which that communication must be
sent.
There is NO separate pass-fail TEST for "image, SST [sic]
or fax" nor for data or voice required by the FCC for an
amateur license. ["SSTV"]
The ONLY separate pass-fail TEST is for manual telegraphy.
Wow! I guess CW is more valued than ALL OF THE OTHER MODES COMBINED!
Not so. However, all the digital and image modes are merely a matter of
connecting the radio to the computer and running the appropriate software.
Once I decided to try the digital thing, I made the interface and was up and
running in an hour. After a couple of months, it became rather boring. On
the other hand, code needs to be learned before it can be tried. Many
people will give up learning before they've had a chance to try it if there
is not a test for it.
PSK will allow 100 WPM data to get through when all the
morsepersons have to use their imaginations to fill in
the garbled morse characters.
Yet PSK fails utterly and completely when there is an aurora. And the
ionospheric problems associated with an aurora cause problems far south of
the actual aurora zone so it is not just a northern issue. The computer may
be sending PSK at 100wpm per minute but the data won't be copyable on the
other end. Even a beginner sending and receiving at 5wpm will have better
throughput. When the aurora is relatively mild, even voice will be more
successful than PSK.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE