This is where a combination of Patrick's RSID idea (also in fldigi and DM780 5.0 and PocketDigi) and SDR will help.
On July 1st I want to start writing my own Windows SDR console, initially for SoftRock and later other SDR radios. Instead of monitoring ~3kHz as at present we'll be able to monitor 40 - 100kHz (or more), so when a RSID transmission is detected (you calling CQ) anyone monitoring the same band will see the RSID and will know the frequency (+/- 6Hz) and mode you are using. Given the low cost of a 1 watt SoftRock it will be easy to get on the air using SDR and with any luck we'll get more MFSK / Olivia activity as SDR users will be able to watch the whole digital portion of the band. Consider this as a digital mode equivalent of the CW Skimmer program (which also could support decoding of simultaneous CW transmissions). I hope to be running with SoftRock and have DM780 integrated by the end of the year, probably not ready for 'prime time' but who knows? Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com ----- Original Message ----- From: John Bradley I live at a higher latitude than many folks in the US and find that PSK is susceptible to aurora flutter/multipath more often than most modes.
