This coming weekend May 15th and 16th , a few of us will be testing Reed Solomon IDs... their usefulness and robustness. So, if you are going to be on the air this weekend, using a digital mode, please use your RS ID features. Use it perhaps a bit more than you might normally do, so we can have some targets to detect. Often people only use it at the beginning of a CQ to help ID their mode . I would like to see it on all "overs" since it helps others detect you, and you may be missed if you are not the one calling CQ. If you have the Call ID feature, please also use that since this will also plot your actual Call sign.
For those unfamiliar with Reed Solomon ID as implemented by Patrick F6CTE, RS ID causes a very brief tone that, when detected, will allow others with RS-ID capable software to be informed of the mode you are using. Software like Multipsk, DM780, and FLdigi then take this information and arrange it it tabular form so that you can review what ID's you have received and on what frequency. Andy K3UK
