[RTTY] PSK31 -vs- PACTOR II/III

[Hadi Teichmann DJ2PJ]

Phil, I simply can't follow... What are you talking about? Amateur 
radio? Sure?

Hadi DJ2PJ

psussman at pactor.com wrote:

>Perhaps you misunderstood my intent; for I was not pleading any intent for using
>(or not using) PACTOR or any other mode. My observation was that COST was the
>driving factor, not quality. 
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>Likewise, one can disgard amateur radio all together and merely type messages
>back and forth one letter at a time on your mobile PDA and and accomplish the
>same thing. Why don't we do that? COST... for (I contend) if data message
>exchanges were free and unemcumbered by things like ISPs and IPs and spam
>networks, even running PSK31 would be decried as too expensive.
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>I'm not a contester and if I need to send a .JPG I usually use the internet. I
>have transferred .JPG and .EXE files via PACTOR and it goes pretty well. But
>size/bandwidth is always the issue. Again, it becomes a cost/quality balancing act. 
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>Of course, every mode has a purpose - and everyone has their individual
>preference. That's fine. My point, I suppose, is that in amateur radio, cost is
>a prime consideration when deciding those preferences.
>
>Regarding your comment about 'fun' that's in the eye of the beholder. Hey it's
>no fun for me to run RTTY with someone overdriving AFSK/PSK 5 khz away.
>
>Enjoy...
>
>Phil Sussman - N8PS
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