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Why avoid the 14080 kc RTTY scared cow
frequency? We shouldn't and I say that as a big time RTTY
operator! Everyone wants to stake out their own little turf frequencies
according to the mode that "they" like to operate. We don't need to avoid use of
ALE or MT63 turf frequencies either, because "no one" owns a frequency.
The key is listening before you
transmit no matter what the mode and frequency. It's just common sense and
courtesy and a convention that PACTOR stations violate with
impunity.
As far as Olivia what we need is a general
consensus as to which submode that we will operate with "initially". PSK
operators almost always begin with b/r of 31 and then shift to 63 if
they want to, RTTY ops a 45.45 b/r. I know that I will always be able to
establish initial contact with a PSK or RTTY operator.
In my personal experience with Olivia 500/8
works pretty good for stateside QSO's when taking QRM, QRN and QSB into account.
On DX paths 500/16 seems a pretty good choice. As my personal suggestion let's
all start off with those sub modes when calling CQ, then once we make contact we
can shift to whatever we want too whether it be 1000/32 or 250/8. It's a bummer
to me when I can't answer an Olivia CQ because I can't figure out which sub
mode the station is using.
And speaking of which mode is best under
poor band conditions? Once again in my personal experience Olivia never out
performs PSK31 or MFSK16 and PSK31 never outperforms MFSK16. Consistently MFSK16
wins under poor band conditions of QRM, QRN and QSB both for stateside and
DX.
Just my .02.
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