[600MRG] Modes?

[Jim Miller]

As a follow up:

Another decision is whether to presume the need for PSK31. It has an impact
on the choice of power amp: linear vs class C/E.

Any thoughts on PSK31 popularity on this band?

Thanks

jim ab3cv


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Jim Miller <jim at jtmiller.com> wrote:

> I'm not yet on 600m but working on some sketches for a RSN transverter for
> this band for my K3.
>
> One thing I'm not yet settled on is separate antennas for TX and RX.
>
> I have beverages that I use on lowbands now that I could potentially use
> for 630m. I could also just put up an amplified short vertical for RX if
> those don't work well.
>
> Or I could use the TX antenna (likely a wire vertical with loading top and
> bottom suspended by tall oaks) as my RX antenna.
>
> The latter would need TX/RX switching rather than just overload
> protection. This would mean extra work if CW and QSK was desired.
>
> So (finally) my question: how prevalent is CW now or expected to be as a
> mode and do you find QSK on this band to be useful? Do you use normal CW
> speeds of around 20-30wpm or is it normally slower and with lots of repeats
> and less conversational?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim ab3cv
>