Jay, please don't compare the new digi protocols
with RTTY, a character based protocol.
What you see on the screen or paper in RTTY has
actually been sent, and is received as it was
sent. Or it is garbled because the link is not good enough.
With some of the new popular digi protocols most
of what is written on the screen, some call it
"received", has never been received as a complete
message. It is reproduced from other sources than the radio path.
As a well known 6m op said after summing up his
Zero to DXCC journey this last summer - "without
entering already known information (calls) to the
software I wouldn't have been even close to where I am now.."
BIG difference - no wonder the users of new digi
protocols apply for a DXCC award after a week. Try that with RTTY.
73
Peter SM2CEW
At 13:38 2017-10-25, JAYB1943@OPTONLINE.NET wrote:
I guess I donâ??t understand what makes the new
Digital modes any different from old RTTY...the
â??soundsâ?? are similar enuf to learn to love
and the words are still displayed on (in the old
days) paper or a screen. There are many
audibly-compromised hams out there such as me
ââ?? who really welcome a mode that doesnâ??t
require sharp hearing to work CW or especially
SSB. In addition, I have recruited several new
(young) hams by attracting them with the
computer-based modes...all but eliminates
â??mike-frightâ?? and â??key-freezingâ??. I
guess a lot of old-timers (I am 75) feel that
the awards like DXCC and WAS, etc. earned with
FT8 have less merit than they did with good-old
CW or Phone or RTTY. But few people objected
when CW filters were invented or SSB replaced AM
or smaller, lighter, more efficient radios
replaced the old tube stuff...so is a CW DXCC
earned in 1948 somehow worth more than one
earned in 2000 using these major tech
improvements ? There will always be a place for
CW and voice modes in ham radio for those that
want to practice those..and remember one of the
major facets of ham radio is to â??advance the
state of the radio artâ?? which surely describes
the new digital modes. Room for everybody out
there, guys....73 Jay NY2NY _________________
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