[RTTY] FD RTTY Question

[k3mm at verizon.net]

Unfortunately, the answer to your question at the bottom is yes....and not the fast PSK63 either, the slow PSK31.

It's aggravating but true.  I try to do as much RTTY as possible early in the 24 hour period because it's so much faster, but later...Sunday...there's just no one new left to work.  We bounce back and forth often between PSK and RTTY to find fresh meat, but there is very little to find.

It would probably help if we all got together about a month beforehand and created activity times for each band.  Every hour on the hour for RTTY on all active bands would be wonderful.  We did some passing, but that usually only works with the regular 1D stations.  Forget passing on PSK...most dont know what frequency they are on.

Ty K3MM
FD W3AO

 
 
 
On 06/26/12, Paul Stoetzer<n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
 
The PSK part of 20m was absolutely packed all weekend. I didn't make 
many Field Day contacts, but that appeared to be where the action is. 
PSK31 is an utterly unsuitable mode for contesting and it's unfortunate 
that RTTY activity seemed to be lower.

PSK contesting needs to be PSK63, in my opinion. PSK31 is just too slow.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On 6/26/2012 12:16 AM, K9OR wrote:
> After years of slowly but steadily increasing RTTY participation in FD,
> where was everyone this year?
> Our RTTY QSO's were about a third what they were a year ago - despite CQ/S&P
> on 20 and 40 during prime times.
> Propagation on 10/15 wasn't that great here compared to last year, but 20
> and 40 were FB.
>
> Do we need to do PSK instead for digital mode contacts? (Hope not...)
>
> 73 Randy K9OR
> 3A IL
>
>
>
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