[RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY

[Jeff Blaine]

Problem I've had with PSK31 is that it's a considered a "chat" mode by a lot 
of guys - and they just cannot help but run that brag tape.  As more ops get 
it into their heads that they need to have a contest exchange setup the mode 
gets more productive.  Otherwise the rate ends up being low making CW or SSB 
still the preferred modes for FD.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Martin Berube
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 2:47 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY

Same Thing here.  I didn't see any RTTY when I have checked for it.  So I
have done only psk31 QSOs.  Most operators where using causal PSK macros.
So I must have looked strange with my contest one.  Hi.

We has set up a station for digi/cw operations.  Unfortunatley no one
operated in cw.  Next year, I'll try to get some skilled cw operators. My
station underperformed with only psk31 and a G5RV in a tree.

73, Martin VE2NMB


2013/7/4 k0bx at arrl.net <k0bx at arrl.net>

> I tried RTTY on FD for several years and it was just not worth the
> effort.  20 meter CW and SSB were the money stations for number of QSO's
> during FD.
> I would like to see something like they do for natural power, 10 QSO's and
> you get 100 points.  Or maybe just 100 point for showing off a digital 
> mode.
>
> Joe K0BX
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> ________________________________
>  From: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com>
> To: Mike N8MR <n8mr at hotmail.com>; "rtty at contesting.com" <
> rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY
>
>
> I found the same thing.
>
> I had a few club members express interest in operating PSK on FD.  We were
> class 5A. I set up one computer with my DigiKeyer interface to run both 
> PSK
> and RTTY with a radio I loaned for the effort that was operated on 
> 40-20-15
> meters.  In the end, I was the only operator to use either mode and I had
> only 27 digital contacts in a couple hours of operating. 20 PSK and 7
> RTTY.  There were LOTS of PSK signals during the day, but we had  20M
> antenna problems and our tribander was in use by a voice operator most of
> the time I was there to operate.  We had a total of about 950 QSO's, so 27
> digital is nothing to brag about.  I spent maybe 2 operating hours to get
> those 27 QSOs spread out over both days.  The remainder of our QSO's were
> split almost evenly between CW and phone.
>
> What I did find is that the vast majority of the PSK operators were very
> poor compared to the RTTY operators in a typical contest.  Hideously long
> exchanges (HI K2AE K2AE PLEASE COPY 599 2E 2E IN LAX LAX) and uselessly
> long goodbye messages (K2AE GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST HAPPY FD
> 73 DE K6LMNOP).  That coupled with really long times to answer my response
> after I answered their CQ , and I was very happy that RTTY contest
> operators are largely in a different class.
>
> In our club, there are but a few contesters and many of the FD operators
> are Techs using the opportunity to operate on HF outside of 10M.  I'd be
> interested in hearing if that's typical of other operations.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike N8MR
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 6:11 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Field Day Digital: PSK vs RTTY
>
> Hello All,
>
> For the 4th year in a row, our local amateur radio club set up a separate
> digital station for Field Day. We've heard that RTTY is the most popular
> digital mode for Field Day, but this year, we found far more PSK31 signals
> than RTTY signals. We listened for PSK31 at x.070 and RTTY from x.080 to
> x.100 on 40, 20 and 15 Meters.
>
> Is PSK31 the more popular digital mode for Field Day?
>
> What is a good average total QSO count for a digital station on Field Day?
>
> 73,
> Mike, N8MR
>
>
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