[UK-CONTEST] Re AFSK/FSK to PSK switching

[David, G3YYD]

Phil

N1MM does support PSK via MVARI as well as RTTY via MMTTY and MVARI.

I have never used PSK31 for contesting. Personal view: if both PSK31 and 
RTTY score equally in a contest then forget PSK. For me to use PSK would 
need  the scoring system to give a reason to use PSK as QSO rate is 
slower than RTTY.

David G3YYD

Phil Cooper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Firstly, Happy New Year 2009 to everyone!
>
> I don't think there is a neat and tidy way to achieve this. Like others, I
> also use Writelog, but the PSK decoder is all but useless.
>
> One way would be to use MMVARI, and log into WL, but that kind of defeats
> the object. Does N1MM support the PSK modes??
> Not too sure whether SD supports PSK either.
>
> However, I am not in favour of PSK as a contest mode, simply because it
> encourages folk to use way too much power. PSK is much better at lower
> powers (under 20 watts), and if everyone uses 100 watts, the bands can get a
> bit swamped. And if you then add the fact that many will be overdriven too,
> you just end up finding the same call at lots of different frequencies.
>
> Someone mentioned PSK63 and PSK125 for contesting. I disagree that they are
> better. For one thing, you need twice the power to achieve the same signal
> level for PSK63, and (I haven't tried it) probably double again for PSK125.
> And then the bandwidth is greater as well.
> The problem I found with PSK63 was that it was SO quick that you had to
> almost double the length of the buffers, thereby defeating the object. If
> you have just CQ TEST DE GU0SUP GU0SUP CQ as your CQ buffer, it is too quick
> for folk to net onto.
> OK, I will agree that the exchange can be quicker, but that is only part of
> it.
>
> I'll stick to RTTY thanks!
>
> 73 all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
> ---
> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
> Virus Database (VPS): 090107-0, 07/01/2009
> Tested on: 07/01/2009 18:39:11
> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
> http://www.avast.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> UK-Contest mailing list
> UK-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest
>