Hello Chris et al,
Ah... The PSK factor. I think that's the big question mark this year. Last
year there was limited action with Barry, W2UP, taking the PSK only plaque
with 270 or so Q's.
I have to believe that this year is going to be different but it's too hard to
guess.
If you listen to the bands in the very early mornings and in the late evenings
here in the US, you hear nothing but PSK going on (and some MFSK). Lots
and lots of new operators will be in the contest this year for sure. I've
worked
about 20 new digital operators in the past week.
But the question remains, how many will run PSK only? How many both?
I plan on having PSK available but I won't know if I'll use it 'til we're in
the heat
of battle. I figure it might be worth 2-3 additional mults. I'll listen to
PSK on the
3rd radio, but I don't plan on using it for any great amount of time if any.
If the RTTY gets slow on Sunday afternoon, I might then go to PSK. I think
the mystery of it will make this year's contest more intriguing.
73, Don AA5AU
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Martin" <wl7ky@gci.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] ARRL RU
>
> Hey All,
> I've noticed the almost exponential increase in PSK31 use lately. Just
> kind of an unscientific poll here. Are most of the casual RTTY ops
> (the bulk of the contest qso's) going to use PSK31 in this years RU? I
> would be interested in hearing from people about that. PSK31 is cool
> and all, but it fails miserably with even the slightest amount of
> auroral flutter, which means very few qso's for those in the northern
> latitudes! :) See everyone on RTTY in the RTTY RU as KL7FH M/S! GL!
> -Chris KL9A
> http://www.qsl.net/kl9a
> kl9a@qsl.net
>
>
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