Hi Tom,
Yes I agree with everything you have said. While I am not
an avid Digital mode op, the few times I have tried it were
really not rewarding on 160 meters. Lack of activity mostly
I would imagine.
And I agree with your statement (as I too have long suspected),
that many dedicated CW ops really do not know what the tones or
sounds are. As to the widely published 1838khz freq., I knew
by reading this reflector that that was not a good freq. by
no means and avoided operating anywhere near there. And yes,
I too wondered why such wide bandwidths are used with such
narrow modes. I discovered (quite happily), that I can copy
a PSK, Hellschrieber signal with my 756pro at 50hz bandwidth
with solid copy. All QRM gone. I'm still waiting to make
a Hellschreiber contact across the Atlantic one of these
days. 73
K2WH
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