From: John Miller [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Braille QSO's

Packet is still somewhat popular on VHF, depending on where you are but 
around my way it's still used a bit though the main person though maintains 
the BBS's is in pour health right now so I don't know what happens if 
anything happens to him but hopefully he'll come through again. I haven't 
setup packet again where I live now since I use that mostly with the NTS and

without my HF, I'm not really in the NTS anymore but when HF goes up packet 
will go up.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Braille QSO's


> Packet is not used much on HF anymore, because it is limited to 300 baud.
> It is used more on VHF/UHF, and there are some tie-ins to the internet. 
> But
> I'm not sure it's used so much in that mode, either.
>
> On HF, PSK31 is used a lot, but its baud rate is very limited.  RTTY is 
> used
> a great deal on HF, at 45.45 baud, Baudot code, 170 Hz shift, especially 
> for
> contests where PSK31 is thought to be too slow for rapid-fire QSO's.  And
> there is a lot of CW on the bands, still.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
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