Getting a contest exchange passed in both directions quickly reduces the chance of interference knocking out characters and control codes. In addition to making the exchange as concise as practical,
Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote: "In addition to making the exchange as concise as practical, one important consideration is being overlooked. They ALL specify RTTY as a mode for the contest. But not a si
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: As I recall, after the High Speed Sprints of the 1990's, the general consensus was there were too many errors caused by propagation vagaries. 45 baud simply prints better in
Bill, sorry, you recall wrong. As the contest sponsor and receiver of scores and soapbox comments, there were no complaints about excessive errors. To the contrary, the only complaints were the excha
That is correct. Changing from 45.45 baud to 100 baud will (a) widen the required bandwidth (not by a factor of two since we don't change the 170 Hz shift) and (b) reduce the bit period by a factor o
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: I take great offense to your slander above. I remember what I heard quite well and I stand by my comments. There WERE observations that the errors were more numerous at high
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN - - - - 1999 HSS RTTY Soapbox: - - - - - DL4RCK - This is a fun contest. The conditions was pretty good during the whole time but the activity was low in europa. See you next w
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: Because the comments were not posted on the soapbox does not mean they were not posted elsewhere. And there were several HSS contests, not just one. I stand by what I said. I
I don't recall these reports about excessive errors at least in the 2000 test in which I took part. Bill do you have a source? Probably in the archives I would think. [This E-mail scanned for viruses
Bob do you have the 2000 report? Jay [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ClamAV] _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Jay, No. I was out of town when the HSS ran in 2000 and I was on a downward cycle of my ham radio activity at that time. I have a few email exchanges that survive in my archive from other years, but
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: REPLY: The only source I have is my recollection of the comments made afterward. After the two or three HSS contests (I don't remember exactly how many) interest faded rapidly and I