I live at a higher latitude than many folks in the US and find that PSK is susceptible to aurora flutter/multipath more often than most modes.
There are time up here that nothing will decode PSK despite the fact the band is open and active. I'm not technically competent enough to say why, but the fact of the matter is PSK at times will not work, when MFSK and ALE400 will. Go figure. BTW I'm at almost 51N latitude John VE5MU From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill McLaughlin Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:40 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: PSK-ARQ versus ALE-400 --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com <mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com> , Andy obrien <k3uka...@...> wrote: > > I'll agree with John, while many here will find ALE400 easy to > tackle, many "average" hams will be intimidated by an unfamiliar > process. That is why Skip Teller's concepts behind NBEMS are good, > using mode that many hams use everyday. > > Andy K3UK I think Skip's ideas are very good and sound. Multipsk is not that hard to use though...might be an initial fear factor involved. I know Joe, W6CQZ is trying to make JT65x modes more easy (with alot of work). Perhaps a stand alone and truncated ARQ FAE ALE400 application would showcase its usefulness? 73, Bill N9DSJ
