I think the key to making it really fly would be to hold some short sprint contests using PSK63 only. That way you could get a lot of guys to try it without a big commitment of time and effort. As it gains acceptance thru that and word of mouth, it could be added as an optional mode in more mainstream contests.
Hold some sprints and talk it up on the email reflectors and it stands a chance... Ty K3MM Jul 20, 2010 07:10:30 PM, digitalradio@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > PSK63 was developed as an intended RTTY contesting mode replacement, >not for conversation. PSK31 is too slow for contesting and has a preamble and >a >postamble that slows turnovers down, so the idea was that 100 wpm PSK63 would, >overall, including faster turnovers than PSK31, be as fast as RTTY for contest >exchanges, and contesters would benefit from less power needed, panoramic >reception, >less crowding, and faster synchronization. In the contesting world, a rapid >exchange >and turnover is more important than a faster typing speed. Peter Martinez >designed PSK31 >for ragchewing and so selected 50 wpm as fast enough for conversation for most >typists. > > Even though Don, AA5AU, a big-time winner of RTTY contests, said he was just >"blown away" about the possibility of PSK63 for contesting when I showed it to >him, I was unable to get it implemented into WriteLog, as the author took a >"chicken >and egg" approach in which he said he would not add PSK63 to WriteLog until it >became popular for contesting! Since WriteLog is so popular with contest >winners, >and did not support PSK63, the mode never took off, except in Europe. > > What might help would be for someone to convince the contest managers to do >something like adding a multiplier for PSK63 contacts, or perhaps some other >acceptable >incentive, to make it worthwhile to use PSK63 for contests. > > Everybody would win, because so many PSK63 signals can fit into the space >of one RTTY signal, and with panoramic displays, you get a list of callsigns >to >select from all presented to you, and can even highlight zones or callsign >areas >you need for multipliers, etc.. > > 73, Skip KH6TY > > On 7/20/2010 7:03 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: g4ilo <jul...@g4ilo.com> > To: mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com"; target="_blank" class=" >parsedEmail">digitalradio@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 4:29:15 AM > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Olivia vs. RTTY vs. PSK & spectrum efficiency > > Just because a mode is better doesn't mean that people will want to use it, > > though, and I guess both RTTY and PSK31 are so established now that you'll >never > persuade people to give them up. > > Julian, G4ILO > > ------------------------------------ > > While rtty can be replaced by other modes, they will not run on the 50 plus >old > mechanical printers and the demodulators that go with them. Just as some >like > to run AM on the ham bands. Not that good of a use of bandwidth, but just > > something to play with that many enjoy. I doubt that many >hams that run the > digital modes can really type very fast and depend on the micros in the > > programs. For the ones doing it in real time, psk31 probably has enough >speed. > >
