Maybe some do. But I usually turn the speakers off when operating digital modes.
That extra 2 dB over JT65 --as well as freeing up large portions of the band-- ought to matter to more hams. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On May 13, 2017 3:32 PM, "Brian Pease" <bpea...@myfairpoint.net> wrote: This may sound strange, but my opinion is that hams like the musical tones of JT65. On 5/13/2017 3:27 PM, Mike Waters wrote: > Why not JT9? It has a 2 dB improvement in S/N ratio on 160, while using > only 1/10 of the bandwidth. > > I cannot understand why JT9 is used so little on 160 thru 20. JT65 is a VHF > mode. > > physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html > > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On May 13, 2017 2:03 PM, "James Denneny" <57jndenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I am hoping more DX stations will take advantage of the JT65 mode on 1838 > next season. I have been using it on 20M recently and am amazed at its > weak > signal performance. > > This mode should enhance the capture of DX entities on TB particularly with > propagation decline. It's main drawback is the time involved with exchanges > due to decoding but, the enhanced performance makes up for that. > > Jim > > K7EG > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
