EPC runs a PSK63 contest, and the mode works quite well. Panoramic reception
and broadband decoding are a potent combination.
It's the only contest I've ever entered, and I took first place in NA, hi.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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The hope was that PSK63 could replace RTTY, being both spectrally more
efficient, and more usable for a panoramic presentation for contesters to
see who is on the band, but it never came about. Too bad, I think, because
it would help reduce congestion during contests. PSK63's overall time to
complete an exchange is roughly equal to RTTY (twice as fast as PSK31),
which is considered too slow for "RTTY" contesting, but I don't understand
why it has not been adopted. I even wrote an article on PSK63 for the
National Contest Journal, but there appeared to be little interest and few
comments.
73 - Skip KH6TY
g4ilo wrote:
I don't think digital voice will ever replace SSB, any more than PSK31 and
other spectrally more efficient modes will replace RTTY. Radios have a long
lifetime. But unlike digital modes whose bandwidth is fixed, phone can
communicate using reduced bandwidth. Look what happens in a contest.
Julian, G4ILO
