Topband: Digital on 160m?

Tree tree at kkn.net
Thu Dec 29 10:56:16 PST 2011


I would like to nip this thread in the bud if possible.

This has proven to be a very emotional subject.

I think it is safe to say that using digital modes is something some
people enjoy - and something that other people do not.

This is not something that is going to change with a lot of posts to
this reflector.  Feel free to engage in emotional e-mails about it
directly with the people who have made posts about it.  Doing so here
on the reflector (after reading this) will result in you being put on
the moderated list.

Thanks.

Tree

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> On 12/29/2011 9:48 AM, Thorvaldur Stefansson wrote:
>> Lew, W7EW/W7AT said it best: "The language of 160 Meters is CW".
>
> Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.  While I haven't tried JT65 on
> 160 yet, I would like to do so.  I've had considerable success working
> difficult paths with JT65 on 6M and on some of he HF bands. The path
> between the San Francisco bay area and Europe (over the pole) is a very
> difficult one, and typically open enough to support CW contacts only a
> dozen or so night a year, and then only for a short period. I have yet
> to hear anything from EU this season. The 160M band is 200 kHz wide, and
> even with four Beverages, I rarely hear more than 3-4 signals at any
> given time except during contests.
>
> Most JT65 contacts are pre-arranged schedules.
>
>  http://www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php
>
> The easiest to use software is this one   http://jt65-hf.sourceforge.net/
>
> It works with the same audio cables to and from a computer sound card
> that would be used for RTTY or PSK, and is quite user friendly.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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