Problem I've had with PSK31 is that it's a considered a "chat" mode by a lot
of guys - and they just cannot help but run that brag tape. As more ops get
it into their heads that they need to have a contest exchange setup the mode
gets more productive. Otherwise the rate ends up being low making CW or SSB
still the preferred modes for FD.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Berube
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 2:47 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY
Same Thing here. I didn't see any RTTY when I have checked for it. So I
have done only psk31 QSOs. Most operators where using causal PSK macros.
So I must have looked strange with my contest one. Hi.
We has set up a station for digi/cw operations. Unfortunatley no one
operated in cw. Next year, I'll try to get some skilled cw operators. My
station underperformed with only psk31 and a G5RV in a tree.
73, Martin VE2NMB
2013/7/4 k0bx@arrl.net <k0bx@arrl.net>
I tried RTTY on FD for several years and it was just not worth the
effort. 20 meter CW and SSB were the money stations for number of QSO's
during FD.
I would like to see something like they do for natural power, 10 QSO's and
you get 100 points. Or maybe just 100 point for showing off a digital
mode.
Joe K0BX
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From: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
To: Mike N8MR <n8mr@hotmail.com>; "rtty@contesting.com" <
rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY
I found the same thing.
I had a few club members express interest in operating PSK on FD. We were
class 5A. I set up one computer with my DigiKeyer interface to run both
PSK
and RTTY with a radio I loaned for the effort that was operated on
40-20-15
meters. In the end, I was the only operator to use either mode and I had
only 27 digital contacts in a couple hours of operating. 20 PSK and 7
RTTY. There were LOTS of PSK signals during the day, but we had 20M
antenna problems and our tribander was in use by a voice operator most of
the time I was there to operate. We had a total of about 950 QSO's, so 27
digital is nothing to brag about. I spent maybe 2 operating hours to get
those 27 QSOs spread out over both days. The remainder of our QSO's were
split almost evenly between CW and phone.
What I did find is that the vast majority of the PSK operators were very
poor compared to the RTTY operators in a typical contest. Hideously long
exchanges (HI K2AE K2AE PLEASE COPY 599 2E 2E IN LAX LAX) and uselessly
long goodbye messages (K2AE GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST HAPPY FD
73 DE K6LMNOP). That coupled with really long times to answer my response
after I answered their CQ , and I was very happy that RTTY contest
operators are largely in a different class.
In our club, there are but a few contesters and many of the FD operators
are Techs using the opportunity to operate on HF outside of 10M. I'd be
interested in hearing if that's typical of other operations.
Al
AB2ZY
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike N8MR
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 6:11 AM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY
Hello All,
For the 4th year in a row, our local amateur radio club set up a separate
digital station for Field Day. We've heard that RTTY is the most popular
digital mode for Field Day, but this year, we found far more PSK31 signals
than RTTY signals. We listened for PSK31 at x.070 and RTTY from x.080 to
x.100 on 40, 20 and 15 Meters.
Is PSK31 the more popular digital mode for Field Day?
What is a good average total QSO count for a digital station on Field Day?
73,
Mike, N8MR
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