[RTTY] VU4NRO on RTTY - soon

[Kok Chen]

On Dec 20, 2004, at 8:33 AM, Richard W. Solomon wrote:
> I think almost everyone on the "keys" needs VU4, I know I do,
> that makes two !!
> But considering the signal levels here in W1 land, I do not hold
> out much hope.

I am with Dick on this one.  You have to hear them first before you can 
work them -- in any mode.  And I have yet to get a whiff of a hint that 
there is a signal at the frequencies they are spotted at (on phone or 
CW).

I am pretty agnostic on which mode to work them, but I should have a 
better chance with PSK31 because of the signal handling properties of 
PSK versus non-coherent FSK (about a 10x power difference when you 
account for raw BPSK vs non-coherent FSK, and add to that the bandwidth 
difference).

This does not even count the operating skills/habits of the op at the 
other end -- digging through an RTTY pileup must be murder for the DX 
end and I sincerely hope that they'll use narrow IF bandwidths on RTTY 
rather than pointing and clicking on the waterfall for RTTY signals.

73
Chen, W7AY