[RTTY] Newbie and brag files

[Thomas F. Giella NZ4O]

The canned macros do allow English and non English speaking hams to have a 
digital QSO that otherwise would not occur. Also hams like myself with very 
limited use of his hands due to rheumatoid arthritis can also have a digital 
QSO.

The brag tapes that many PSK31 ops still use date back to the beginning of 
HF PSK31 use approximately eleven years ago. With most everyone being rusty 
on typing, using AFSK and slow computers it was a status symbol to brag 
about a computer with a fast processor, lot's of RAM, a high quality sound 
card and "paid for" software such as MixW. It's the same as on SSB when one 
brags about the 3000 watt Alpha amplifier, StepIR beam on a 130 foot Rohn 45 
tower and SO2R with Icom IC-7800's.

BTW I've seen my share of RTTY ops and contesters, some of which are on this 
email reflector, use the same canned macros including brags while operating 
PSK31.

I personally don't operate much PSK31 anymore as I find it boring. For me 
it's almost always RTTY including rag chewing, DXing and contesting. I also 
use the EME mode JT65A on HF which has been adapted via the software called 
JT65-HF which came from WSJT7. This mode is all canned macros with 
successful QSO's occurring at -30 db below the background noise with low 
power.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at tampabay.rr.com

NZ4O Amateur & SWL Autobiography: http://www.nz4o.org