[UK-CONTEST] Dropping PSK from CC's

[Phil Cooper]

Hi all,

At last! Someone with some sense makes a good suggestion! Thanks Nigel!

PSK was never designed to be a contesting mode, and in fact I believe that
using anything more than 5 to 10 watts with PSK is pretty much
counter-productive, especially for G to G contacts.

PSK63 is no better either, as it requires double the power and takes up
twice the bandwidth for the same result.
Also, being that much faster, one needs that extra bit of time to tune in a
signal, and it is common to miss or get garbled exchanges, requiring
repeats.

I'm also not in favour of 75Bd RTTY either, as that too results in loads of
repeats, with the result that the rate is often slower than with
conventional 45Bd RTTY.

Having said all that, I have dropped out of the CC's mainly because of the
way club status is governed. In my opinion, it should be limited to local
clubs ONLY.

Just my thoughts, but someone please take note of the sense from Nigel and
drop PSK.

73 de Phil GU0SUP



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