[RTTY] PSK31 Clueless?/PSK31 Info & Clubs

[Thomas Giella KN4LF]

What does clueless mean? Maybe technical standards and the knowledge base 
was low in 2001 but not in 2005. I've been operating PSK31 and MFSK16 in 
unison with RTTY for two years and I can tell you that "most" know what they 
are doing now. As a matter of fact many of the PSK31 contacts that I make 
are with established RTTY contesters.

As far as weak signal capabilities PSK31 does blow RTTY away. Last weekend I 
worked the PSK31 contest and made 500+ contacts in 40 countries on 15 and 40 
meters with 25-50 watts and that includes Antarctica and Easter Island. Also 
just this DX season I've added 10 new countries (150 now) to my 160 meter 
totals using 100 watts.

The premier PSK31 club is the PODXS 070 Club, I'm member #349. They sponsor 
PSK31 contests including the one this past weekend. The website address is
http://www.podxs.com/html/070_club.html . They also have an eGroup on Yahoo 
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/070/?yguid=74377786 . Another good club for 
PSK31 and RTTY contest sponsorship is the Troy Amateur Radio Association at 
http://www.n2ty.org . They too have a Yahoo eGroup at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psk-tara and 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RTTY-TARA . Also if you want to build a 
homebrewed interface between your rig and computer (most PSK31 operation is 
via AFSK) and also need settings info for PSK31 on your 
FT-1000MP/MarkV/Field go to my website at:
http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf10.htm .

73,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Retired Space & Atmospheric Weather Forecaster
Plant City, FL, USA
Grid Square EL87WX
Lat & Long 27 58 33.6397 N 82 09 52.4052 W
kn4lf at arrl.net

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