[digitalradio] Re: Best digital modes for portable QRP

2007-09-15 Thread expeditionradio
Hi Mike, There are several types of Best :) Best power-efficient for QRP texting: Olivia 500/16. More QSOs on 20 meters when the band is open: PSK31. More likely to get a message through, any time: ALE. Bonnie KQ6XA QRP Other that PSK31, which digital modes are best suited for this type of

[digitalradio] Re: Best digital modes for portable QRP

2007-09-15 Thread Vojtech Bubnik
I'm very much a newcomer to digital modes, so please pardon this question. I'm interested in designing a QRP rig that uses digital modes for portable operation in the field, much like the KX-1 and ATS do for CW. Other that PSK31, which digital modes are best suited for this type of

[digitalradio] Re: Best digital modes for portable QRP

2007-09-15 Thread Brian A
CW. No computer needed. Also when you're operating QRP you need a large number of potential stations to work. I really pitty the portable QRP station with a budipole antenna trying to work the small handfull of stations he might hear on an oddball digital mode. You might just as well leave the

[digitalradio] Re: Best digital modes for portable QRP

2007-09-15 Thread Demetre SV1UY
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Brian A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CW. No computer needed. Also when you're operating QRP you need a large number of potential stations to work. I really pitty the portable QRP station with a budipole antenna trying to work the small handfull of