No, because I can. When Peter (G3PLX)) came out with Amtor there was a printed circuit board one could buy to get on this new mode for (if I recall) around $500 USD. You see Rich I and others was operating Amtor when 99% of the hams world wide was wondering what that chirp chirp noise was. We had a good network going right from the get go since the likes of HB9AVK, G3RSP/MM and more had been on RTTY on 14,075 for a number years when Amtor came out.
So to answer you question. I like the mode. At 09:57 PM 1/23/06, you wrote: >John, > >Is the reason for wanting to operate AMTOR just for the novelty of an >old mode? I could understand using it if it was possible to do it as a >sound card mode at a level comparable to hardware modems. > >When Pactor came into use in the late 1980's, AMTOR use was drastically >curtailed since Pactor was a much better mode in terms of weak signal >and not falsing characters. Then when the sound card modes came into use >in the late 1990's, it seemed like Pactor use was curtailed for casual >contacts since the sound card modes were able to work well into the >noise, similar to (and sometimes even better than) CW which made it >possible to have keyboard chats even under some difficult condx. > >73, > >Rick, KV9U > > > > > >John Becker wrote: > > > No not a one. > > > > > >Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org > >Other areas of interest: > >The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ >DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
