garylinnrobinson wrote: > If most PSK operators are interested in rag chewing -they need to move > on to a better digital mode. PSK and RTTY are the two worst modes > available. And that's the problem. Too many people, groups, and > leaders in the Ham Community promoting OLD and less than effective > modes of communication. > > I came into the digital soundcard ham world in about 2003 and it has > ONLY been in the last year or so that the A.R.R.L. finally started > putting decent articles in their mag. And still PSK and RTTY reign as > the popular soundcard modes. Geeesh! > > ATTENTION PSKers : Try something else - CALL CQ in other modes - don't > just listen. And don't listen to what everybody else tells you about a > mode because misinformation reigns! Test it yourself and kick the > tires. Olivia, DominoEX, MFSK, ALE400, and many others all worth trying. > > - Hear Hear PSK31WAS a great breakthrough as compared with RTTY AT THE TIME of its introduction. There are many Digital modes available to the Ham now, that are a great break through compared to PSK. I think that we have here a case of "the dog chasing its tail" in that it is difficult (sometimes impossible) to make a qso in one of the newer modes, so to make a contact, one tends to go back to the psk area, thus compounding the problem. Perhaps more vigorous advertising of the frequencies used by other modes might help.
Kevin VK5OA
