Hi Rick, Not a dumb question but perhaps a dumb answer...yes and no. It certainly is not meant for passing more than the most basic information -- call, reports, grid and 73. In JT6M and FSK441 modes messages can contain any arbitrary text up to 28 characters. The supported character set is 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z . , / # ? $ plus the space character. Note the 28 character limitation per message. So you can send abit more than the basics but not much more. In the JT65 modes (A,B and C) the slowness would make watching a message develop be more akin to watching water evaporate. This is not to say the WSJT modes are not wonderful for their intent and perhaps a clever person could take the fsk441 or jt6m modulation scheme and make in into a keyboard to keyboard conversation-oriented mode. Am sure others know more about this than I do...
73, Bill N9DSJ --- In [email protected], KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This may be a dumb question, but is there any way to do real time > communication with WSJT, in other words, have a keyboard to keyboard > conversation? > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U > > > Bill McLaughlin wrote: > > >Hi David, > > > >Have only worked WSJT modes on vhf on usb....no reason JT6M (for > >example) would not work on 28 MHZ....as for JT65, think A mode would > >be best for 6 meters and below but will need to ask Joe as he wrote > >the software and I am not so smart). Usually people use mode A for 6 > >meters, mode B for 2 meters and mode C for 430 MHz and above... as > >usual I may be dead wrong! > > > >73 > > > >Bill N9DSJ > > > > > > >
