"Are people giving up on other stuff ?" Let me don my Captain Obvious cape for a moment....
No, it is just that there is only small of percentage that will get on the air and call CQ in the less popular modes consistently and with the aid of RSID in their xmissions. If you get on the air and call CQ using some of the less popular modes that are in DM 780 AND USE RSID IN YOUR TRANSMISSIONS, you will get replies. My success rate is 100% for one QSO and about 90 % for making 5 QSOs in an evening. If its your desire to those modes that offer very low throughput in hopes to improve the chances of weak signal contacts, and if you want to work as many stations as you can in an evening, then you must do away with macros optimized for the faster digital modes and use CW shorthand as much as possible in you transmission. If you feel you don't know enough CW abbreviations - just wing it. I generally will reply like this: w1rom de ka1gmn ge om rsq 579 579 op phil phil qth tx tx btu de ka1gmn or w1rom de ka1gmn ge tu 579 579 phil phil tx tx btu de ka1gmn and de ka1gmn wx clr es sunny temp 50s btu jim de ka1gmn and rr jim bst 73 frm tx w1rom de ka1gmn sk Many ops are looking to get their first time contact on say, THOR4 or Contestia 8/125, are not looking for a QSO. The are looking for op, qth, and signal report. If the condx are good then switch up to the higher data rate. If you and the station are using RSID in you xmissions, you will not have a problem. I am not trying to tell an op how to run his or her station. These are techniques that have work for me and I have the logs to prove it. Modes like BPSK, QPSK, CONTESTIA, DOMINOEX, OLIVIA, THOR, and THROB all offer a range of data rates to satisfy those who are in to long QSOs to those work just want to as many station as possible. You have to get on the air, call CQ and you use RSID (sometimes video ID) in your xmissions. philw de ka1gmn On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 11:58 +0000, obrienaj wrote: > > > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "raf3151019" <gzero...@...> > wrote: > > > > That's quite a sophisticated system you've made, very interesting. > What is also interesting is that the list had only one European > station, so these tiddly little sunspots are not really helping us to > get across the pond. > > > > Kind regards,Mel G0GQK > > > > Thanks Mel. > > Overnight monitoring reveals some PSK31 and a little Olivia on both 40 > and 80M but no other modes. Are people giving up on other stuff ? > > Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC) > W8RCW 40m PSK31 1162 miles 11:40:38 > WJ1B 40m PSK31 320 miles 11:40:17 > AC4BV 40m PSK31 375 miles 11:25:59 > K9MY 40m PSK31 464 miles 11:16:10 > W6HGF 40m PSK31 262 miles 10:37:32 > CO2DC 40m OLIVIA 1348 miles 10:28:09 > KD8HHG 40m PSK31 299 miles 09:52:13 > 2E0GHQ 40m PSK31 3423 miles 08:52:14 > F6ECI 40m PSK31 3854 miles 08:50:42 > KX0O 40m PSK31 811 miles 08:38:37 > FM1HN 40m PSK31 2206 miles 08:36:14 > KB1OIZ 40m PSK31 966 miles 08:21:16 > WA4FLZ 40m PSK31 1162 miles 08:10:46 > F2YT 40m PSK31 3748 miles 07:58:24 > W8AN 80m OLIVIA 236 miles 07:19:00 > WB2YDS 80m OLIVIA 351 miles 07:15:06 > N5XE 80m PSK31 998 miles 06:53:58 > W5MIC 40m PSK31 950 miles 06:20:45 > W5MIC 40m PSK31 935 miles 06:06:12 > CO3TJ 40m PSK31 1358 miles 06:06:06 > KF7EED 40m PSK31 1952 miles 06:06:03 > K8BHU 40m PSK31 347 miles 06:03:34 > KF7EED 40m PSK31 1971 miles 06:00:44 > KA2ING 80m OLIVIA 248 miles 05:57:42 > > > > >
