Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > I actually had my first Pactor QSO today, there was a ham calling CQ > on 40M Pactor 1 FEC. After working him via Pactor, we tried to > compare Olivia versus Pactor going down to 1 watt, both were 100% > copy. We were about 100 miles apart. >
What BW/tones were you using for the Olivia comparison? The thing about Pactor 1 is that it's adequate for relatively good conditions, but is noticably worse than Pactor 2 and 3 when things get marginal. Pactor 3 absolutely shines under the absolute worst conditions, when all of the sound card mode operators have given up and turned off their rigs, complaining that the band is dead. ;-) - Rich
