Re: [digitalradio] Re: New modes or old modes?

2009-03-16 Thread Rick W
We have been very fortunate to have Tony, K2MO's detailed lab testing to figure out which modes work under different conditions and it has been surprising, and actually a bit disappointing, because most digital modes can only tolerate a small amount of ISI and Doppler. I recently thought of

[digitalradio] Re: New modes or old modes?

2009-03-15 Thread Christian Crayton
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Rick W mrf...@... wrote: Truthfully, Christian, my goal is to find the modes that work the best under different conditions. There are not that many. It's also difficult, in my experience, to find a lot of objective analysis of the modes on the Internet. I

[digitalradio] Re: New modes or old modes?

2009-03-15 Thread Christian Crayton
From a purely nostalgic viewpoint some of the older MFSK modes like Piccolo, Coquelet Crowd could be a lot of fun to use on the amateur bands. Performance-wise they are probably eclipsed by MFSK16/Olivia but just as in Hellschreiber even CW, performance isn't everything. Nostalgia would be

[digitalradio] Re: New modes or old modes?

2009-03-10 Thread Andrew O'Brien
I would love to try Piccolo Andy K3UK--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Christian Crayton n5...@... wrote: If you could experiment with a mode for the first time, would you rather try a new mode like Thor, or an old-school mode like CROWD or Piccolo? I've been thinking about fiddling