Hello Everyone, I've just been reading all the controversial comments about transmitting PSK in upper case or lower case, speed of delivery and losing text in conditions which are far from being good.
If your daily newspaper was printed entirely in upper case letters, people would stop buying the newspaper and it would be out of business in a very short time. Mr Murdoch the great newspaper owner would sack immediatly any editor who even suggested the idea. There is a reason why we have capital letters and lower case, its easier on the eye and the brain. It is always stressed that amateur radio is about learning and self training. One has to learn something about the complexities of radio to obtain a radio license. Why should it not be accepted that if one chooses to transmit digital modes that one should also learn how to type in order to transmit messages which resemble a page from a book or a page in a newspaper and can be easily understood ? Could it be the same thinking which is that one never reads a tranceiver instruction manual until a week has been spent trying to understand why the darned thing isn't working properly.? Just a thought A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All, Mel G0GQK
