Hello George, It's best to adjust Olivia to suit the conditions at hand. Sensitivity goes up as you increase the number of tones...
Mode Minimum SNR Olivia 500/64....................-19db Olivia 500/32....................-17db Olivia 500/16....................-14db Olivia 500/8......................-12db Olivia 500/4......................-10db The word-per-minute rate will become slower as the tones are increased, but as you can see, there's a lot to be gained by going a bit slow when signals are weak. The most common mode is 500/16. Hope this helps. Tony -K2MO > BE DOING SOME READING UP ON THE 'OLIVIA MODE' I HEAR IT ON 17M SOMEWHAT . MY > QUESTION IS WHAT MODE IS USED THE MOST ? LIKE 16/500 ? OR DO YOU CHANGE IT IT > UP AND DOWN IN DIFFERENT BANDS? > THANK YOU AC5JV,GEORGE > >
