[RTTY] RTTY is getting lower and lower in frequency on 20 meters.

[Doug Hall]

Bill, you paint with a broad brush. Many of us who enjoy PSK31 *do*
sometimes run with wide bandwidths, but we understand AGC and dynamic
range as well as you do, thank you very much. And we're not whining.

For many, PSK31 was the first little taste of SDR. Spend some time
with SDR and you'll see where we're headed - receivers with a huge
dynamic range, no AGC issues, and the ability to see huge chunks of
the band at a glance. We're not there yet, but it's happening.

Doug, K4DSP

On 2/13/07, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
> A good part of the PSK problem is the use of the waterfall tuning
> system. The PSK'ers open up their receivers as wide as possible and
> then wonder why one loud RTTY signal wipes everything out.
>
> It's really ironic if you think about it... PSK31 is one of the
> narrowest modes hams use and yet most ops run their RX bandpass wide
> open. How much more effective would PSK31 be if they used an
> appropriate bandwidth? But they LOVE that waterfall.