Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread W4LDE-Ron
oups.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:39 AM > *Subject:* Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia? > > > PSKmail has 0% garbage, and fills in the deep qsb we have here. I > have tried MFSK, but where PSK does not come through anymore, MFSK >

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread John Bradley
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:39 AM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia? PSKmail has 0% garbage, and fills in the deep qsb we have here. I have tried MFSK, but where PSK does not come through anymore, MFSK cannot

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread w1hkj
May I suggest the following for a very informative treatise on the various modes, but most specifically DominoEX. The issue of bandwidth, selective fading, phase distortion and other ionospheric effects are discussed from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. http://sharon.pi8zaa.a

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread KV9U
Bonnie, Olivia has similar advantages to other wide data modes that spread the information over a wide enough area and are redundant enough that even if part of the data is damaged, it can print fairly well on the receiving end. PSK31 being a very narrow mode with no FEC, is directly affected

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-18 Thread Rein Couperus
PSKmail has 0% garbage, and fills in the deep qsb we have here. I have tried MFSK, but where PSK does not come through anymore, MFSK cannot do it either.I have 6 weeks experience now with a steady pskmail link to the internet via SM0RWO, 2200 km from my portable qth in Spain (fishing rod with wir

Re: [digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-17 Thread Andrew O'Brien
My experience has been that Olivia is better under weak signal conditions. Slower and '"wider" but less missed/garbage characters.  Also a little easier to "spot" a signal in the waterfall that can not be heard by the ear because it is wider.       Andy K3UK   On 2/17/06, expeditionradio <[EMAI

[digitalradio] Is PSK superior to Olivia?

2006-02-17 Thread expeditionradio
Could someone please point out what advantage Olivia has? Or how to operate or configure Olivia to get an advantage over PSK? Maybe my equipment isn't set up right to discover the Olivia advantage. I have been running Olivia for a while, but I have not found any advantage over BPSK or QPSK. Not