Then how do you explain the popularity of CW Bob? Have you ever listened to
the CW portion of the band during a contest weekend?
Why hasn't EVERYONE moved to some fancy new digital mode instead of CW?
73
Jim W7RY
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>wrote:
> Let's remove the clutter and simplify the original statement to:
>
> "<Item of choice>" is like putting Lime in Beer. Interesting, but not
> needed. Beer is fine the way it is.
>
> Now choose your "item of choice" to insert in the above statement:
>
> A second antenna
> Computer logging
> No-tune PA output
> Stacked yagis
> An RF Amplifier
> A better radio
> An electronic keyer
> Some DSP filters
> High quality coax
> A Solid State Amplifier
> A better QTH
> (Add your favorites here)
>
> Does this statement really make any sense to you?
>
> Technology would not evolve if everyone believed "X" is fine the way it is.
> For example, AM evolved into SSB. Do you remember the ruckus during this
> technology transition period? What voice mode do you use on your radios
> today? Apparently the beer wasn't fine the way it was. Just remember this
> catch phrase... "Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated." Technology
> will move steadily forward, whether you think it is "fine" or not.
>
> Maybe you can take some comfort in knowing the majority of previous amateur
> "modes" remain in use today (excluding spark). SSB replaced AM, but there's
> still an AM position on your radio. PSK has become the most popular digital
> mode, but RTTY remains the king of contesting. If 75 Baudot or ASCII RTTY
> provides an overall improvement to the contest experience and scores, it
> will be added to the arsenal of other innovations that have been adopted
> over the years.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W5CPT" <w5cpt@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Vladimir Sidorov" <vs.lists@gmail.com>; <RTTY@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] 75 Baud
>
>
> > 75 Baud RTTY is like putting Lime in Beer. Interesting, but not needed.
> > Beer (like 45 Baud RTTY) is fine the way it is.
> >
> > Clint - W5CPT
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Vladimir Sidorov
> > To: RTTY@contesting.com
> > Sent: 16 June, 2010 5:41 PM
> > Subject: [RTTY] 75 Baud
> >
> >
> > Gents,
> >
> > Please be more careful with what we already have by now, i.e the 45 Baud
> > RTTY. This mode is very well established and popular. Moreover, it sits
> > firmly in some radios' hardware. Now that there are more and more talks
> > about the magic 75 Baud one, we have already seen a semi-DX-pedition
> > declaring 75 Baud RTTY "to work them all faster", then a new full-size
> 75
> > Baud Sprint and finally a recent invitation to play 75 Baud in the Field
> > Day. What's next? It might be another message which we have already seen
> > here in the list, like if the RTTY (OK, the 75 Baud one) performance is
> > like
> > this, then "why bother"? And back to FD, I just recall somebody's report
> > of
> > RTTY introduction to newbies during the FD using a Pro3 without a PC.
> Now
> > if
> > the Pro3 cannot catch RTTY by its own built-in RTTY decoder, then again,
> > why
> > bother? The newbies may simply turn into bye-byes.
> > I for one bought a Pro3 to have an instant RTTY machine to catch RTTY DX
> > quickest possible, without spending time for PC boot, etc. It the 75
> Baud
> > development is pushed so hard, the Pro3 will turn just into a dust
> > collector.
> >
> > As for the 45 Baud RTTY in contesting, its slower speed just brings up
> > another great operator's challenge, how to handle both the slow speed
> and
> > the extensive pile-up in the same time...
> >
> > Experiments with 75 Baud are fine, but not for an account of the
> > mainstream
> > 45 Baud RTTY, please.
> >
> > Sorry, just could not resist.
> >
> > 73,
> > Vladimir VE3IAE
> >
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