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August 10th 03, 04:25 PM
Larry Roll K3LT
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In article ,
(No
CW Test) writes:
The truth of the matter is that under some
conditions PSK-31 outperforms OOK
Morse CW,
I have a feeling that if and when BPL is implemented on a large scale,
PSK-31 is going to be rendered useless for hams that have BPL service
in their area.
and under some conditions
OOK Morse CW outperforms PSK-31.
On many occasions, the only part of a PSK-31 transmission I could "copy"
was the Morse code CW ID at the end of the transmission! And these
instances were under what I'd call "normal" operating conditions. The one
thing that has kind of disappointed me about PSK-31 is that it really isn't
all that robust when faced with even moderately trashy band conditions.
In fact, a lot of times when I had to give up on PSK-31, I went over to plain
'ole RTTY and was able to keep going. PSK-31 is great, and I like it a lot,
but I'm glad I have CW and RTTY/AMTOR/PACTOR as a backup.
73 de Larry, K3LT
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