I forgot to mention...
I feel a little guilty when running 50 watts on PSK31 now. In the past 6 months I have logged over 50 QSOs including Japan and Europe (both > 5000 miles) with less than 1 watt. It takes a little more patience but it has been a real eye-opener to discover what can be done with very little power on digital modes. Some of the other modes, such as Olivia, are even more sensitive than PSK31. The problem with those modes is that sometimes signals that are copyable by the software are not found because they cannot be heard or seen on the waterfall. Ed --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "w1...@..." <w1...@...> wrote: > > Greetings. > > I am Wes W1LIC in Bangor, ME and just joined this group. I run a Kenwood > TS-480SAT to vertical or dipole antennas. I have an old HP desktop running > XP and use either the FLDIGI or PSKExpress software. > > Although I've been a ham since 1967, I am a newbie to the digital modes. CW > has always been my primary mode of operation. I've had several contacts via > PSK31, but now am interested in trying other modes. This week I had my first > contact via OLIVIA, which seems to be a very interesting mode. > > I've always heard and read that on PSK31 we should greatly reduce our power > and not show any ALC indication when transmitting. Does this same advice > hold true for Olivia and other digital modes as well? I'd appreciate input > from some of you more experienced digital ops. > > Wes W1LIC >
