Because we have so many active digital hams on this group, is it possible that we could outline specific spot calling/operating frequencies for the digital modes on bands that are not as common to find digital signals?
I never have come up with a very clear understanding of the best places to operate on some of the bands. Mainly I base it upon what I have observed as a PSK31 watering hole frequency (3580, 7070, 14070) and if I want to try other modes (wider bandwidth) then move a few KHz up from there. Two bands that I would think would work well for digital would be 160 and 30 meters but I rarely hear anyone on there with a digital signal except for Pactor stations that I assume are sending e-mail traffic from the internet. Is it possible to have an updated "Digitalradio" list of frequencies? The Dgiband.doc in our files section seems out of date to me and does not fully match up with what is current operating practices. Examples here in U.S.: The ARRL bandplan on 160 meters shows digital 1.800 to 1.810 and yet many digital lists show PSK around 1.838 The ARRL bandplan on 40 meters shows digital (RTTY) starting at 7.080 and yet it seems like PSK31 is mostly 7.070 I never have much luck on 30 meters when I call. Is it possible that we might make 10.130 the spot frequency for digital on 30 meters and then if there is more activity, just move up? And I don't mean PSK31 as I rarely operate that mode and prefer wider modes with much more robust performance. 73, Rick, KV9U Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
