[RTTY] Re: PSK31 -vs- PACTOR II/III

[Dave]

There is an error-free protocol hosted on a PC and soundcard; see
http://www.eham.net/articles/9785 . Even better, they are working on "busy
detectors" for other modes so that when used in semi-automatic operation,
the automatic station will not inadvertently QRM ongoing QSOs.

    73,

        Dave, AA6YQ

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Duane Budd
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:25 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [RTTY] Re: PSK31 -vs- PACTOR II/III


What you say is true. But there is not ONE error-free mode using a
soundcard. Until that happens, none of the modes will ever equal Pactor for
reliable, error-free communications. And, most of the soundcard modes are
pitifully slow when compared to Pactor-II or-III.

73

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:aa6yq at ambersoft.com]
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 10:31 AM
To: 'Duane Budd'; rtty at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [RTTY] Re: PSK31 -vs- PACTOR II/III


The attraction of soundcard-based implementations is not simply reduced
expense, its also increased functionality:

- panoramic tuning via a waterfall or spectrum display

- the ability to decode multiple signals and extract relevant information
(e.g. callsigns)

- extensibility (PSKCORE source code is now available under the GPL license)

    73,

        Dave, AA6YQ

Duane Budd
w5ben at arrl.net

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