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Old December 12th 10, 11:43 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Kevin Alfred Strom Kevin Alfred Strom is offline
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On 12/12/2010 5:27 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

On 12/12/2010 10:33 AM, dave wrote:
Just worked Croatia with 30 Watts.

34.4, -118.4


On 12/12/2010 10:35 AM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:

Dave:

Do people using PSK have conversations? Or is it mainly just signal
reports?

With all good wishes,


Kevin, WB4AIO.


First, don't just single out PSK; there are many other digital
(keyboard-to-keyboard) modes, RTTY, PACTOR and Hellschreiber are
just a few that come to mind.

Next, you ask "Is it conversations or signal reports?"

The answer is, yes...both. It can be whatever you like or
prefer...although if it is a rare DX station with many waiting, it's
bad manners to have a nice chat; just a sig report and make way for
the next guy in line.

I've had many nice RTTY and PACTOR chats.

Per Dave's suggestion, to receive PSK or RTTY all you need is your
receiver, a computer with a sound card and any one of a variety of
free software programs.

Easy and fun...



Thank you! When I get a desktop receiver and home antenna set up,
I'll check it out.


Kevin.
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