It is the bidirectional, pseudoduplex operation that reminded me of Clover II (I never had the capability to run the original Clover mode, nor the later Clover 2000). When I would chat with Ray Petit, the inventor of Clover, Clover II, and also Coherent CW, we would typically have what I would characterize as modest signals, but little throughput. Even on 20 meters. So it was often frustrating. The control software would tell you the link quality and all, but for most of us, it is the throughput for a given set of conditions that really counts.
It would be interesting if there are any Clover II users who can tell us how the mode compares to the other current modes and particularly the new FAE ARQ mode. 73, Rick, KV9U Steve Hajducek wrote: >Hi Rick, > >Plus it retains the bi-directional (duplex) support ( and most >things) of DBM ARQ and thus both stations can type at the same time >and as soon as it sync's the resends will only be predicated on propo. > >/s/ Steve, N2CKH > >At 10:05 AM 2/27/2007, you wrote: > > >>Had a late night connection with VE5MU on 80 meters. While it would not >>have been possible to maintain the link in the summer evening QRN >>levels, it worked fairly well with pushing the power levels up to close >>to 50 to 100 watts. The throughput is quite good at around 100 to 150 >>wpm I think when the flow is maximum and not too many ARQ repeats. >> >>This mode operates very similarly to Clover II and I think works better >>(although 4 times wider) than Clover II did. USB and LSB I think could >>be used. You can set the passband to a fixed tone edges or variable with >>the options menu. >> >>73, >> >>Rick, KV9U >> >>
