I've had good luck finding rag chews using the Olivia mode. Olivia is a digital MFSK mode that works very well in poor conditions. Because it uses lots of redundancy when sending data, it's slower than many other digital modes. (The most common sub-mode, 500/16, sends characters at about 19.5 WPM). This slowness seems to make it unpopular with the RST-QTH-Name-73 crowd. Ironically, the slow speed also seems to encourage rag chewing. At least that's been my experience. My theory is that if you're patient enough to use Olivia, your the kind of person who doesn't mind stopping to chat for a while :-)
Do a Google search for "olivia ham radio" and you'll find lots of info on it. 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Jul 8, 2010, at 7:04 PM, Don Cunningham wrote: > ...I spend DAYS looking for a good, RTTY ragchew, unless one of > my old friends shows up on frequency. ... I thought maybe it was > a change in technology, so geared up for PSK, but got the very same > name, > location, gear, bye, CUL QSO's there too. ... > Don, WB5HAK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
