Tony K2MO posted this to the Multipsk reflector, I stole it (hope it is OK, Tony) and posted it here for additional discussion. interested measurements.
Sensitivity Test - Direct Path (no ionospheric disturbance) Minimum SNR for error-free copy Contestia 500/32............-15db DominoEX-4 ..................-15db FEC-31.......................-15db THROBX-4......................-15db MFSK16...........................-14db THOR11...........................-14db RTTYM**...........................-13db Contestia 500/16............-13db CW 20 WPM...................-13db*** THOR16...........................-12db Olivia 500/16 ................. -12db MFSK31*........................-12db Olivia 500/8.....................-10db PSK31............................ -10db DominoEX-11...................-8db MT63 1K............................-8db Olivia 500/4...................... -8db PSK63..............................-7db Feld Hell............................-7db RTTY 45............................-5db * MFSK 31.25 baud. MMVARI Software. ** Intermittent decode problem with RTTYM regardless of SNR *** Subjective - speed dictates SNR -- Andy K3UK www.obriensweb.com (QSL via N2RJ)