If I am allowed to summarize, if you don't own a PTC, at least give Olivia a try 8-)
Impressive indeed, Tony. 73, Jose, CO2JA --- Tony wrote: > All, > > Certainly is remarkable the way Olivia mode performs under adverse > conditions. > > Was having trouble decoding VK2PN in PSK31 mode due to the unstable > conditions at the time (selective fading / multi-path). > > Switching to Olivia 500/16 fixed the problem. Copy went from marginal to > perfect (see captured text below). > > We certainly are lucky as digital ops to have a variety of modes to > choose from. Whether it's rag-chewing or dxing, it's nice to have the > ability to switch to suit conditions. > > Tony, K2MO > Kings Park, NY > __________________________________ > > *e2MO de VKPN VA2PN pse kn o e¬ i > * > > VK2PN DE K2MO > > Thanks for the call, your 449 449 New York. > Name is Tony Tony. > > Hw cpy? > > VK2PN de K2MO K > > > *Hi An ponm r coming back o me, > Your ttport : 559 55y naie is : atrick Patri > Hr the QTH is : Sdney Syacey > Locator: QF56pe BF56pe > You ate not as tong as the previous sttnon ot the bxd is closing by > now.h s Funny propagation we get lo ely e.. very stong sils and then > iuddel th and loses a 7 all sigs are gone tHow do yoe mopy? BTU vethe , > K2 iO V - t Dn t tCnte h Ot > > * > OK Patrick, thanks for the 559 report and ok on your > QTH in Sydney. Yes, your not very strong here; do > you have any other modes? Can you do Olivia Olivia > or MFSK16 MFSK16? KKK > > > *t i t- aTMO de VK2PN OKi tns... the bead st b cloaidng... and yeis > I can work livia... Woulfyo want to QSY a bidt or soay &re on this > requenc ?? > e So BTU Anth&ony, K2MO ie VK2Pe c > * > > OK yes we QSY QSY 14072 14072 14072 and 500hz 8 tone 500hz 8 tone is > that OK? > > * Laae r/t->K2MO de VbPN roger QSY 1400ei and > K usiog th i%o0 Hz width... fine Obtde vk2piy now > Eel90k,)|teG > t\j_[1$Wc?fSh > * > > > /(SWITCH TO OLIVIA) > / > > > VK2PN DE K2MO PSE KKK > > *v > K2MO de VK2PN roger roger Anthony... Yes the olivia is much more robust > than the psk hi hi > > I love Olivia too but there is not as many stations around on this mode. > Still I think, I've tried them all and love the Pactor the most. But > that is even more rare hi hi > > Sow is the copy? > BTU Anthony, K2MO de VK2PN k > * > RRR Olivia makes quite a difference, throughput 100%. I'm running 20 > watts to a 5 element Monoband Yagi by M2 up 18 meters. > > VK2PN de K2MO K > > *eK2MO de VK2PN OH yes. You are right, big diffetence this is 100% copy > and OK a bit slower, but who cares... *