A few weeks ago I had a few hours to play amateur radio during the CQ RTTY contest. I was very surprised to find the 20 meter band chock full of RTTY DX! In a matter of two hours, I worked Poland, England, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Alaska, Spain, Italy, and a few others. It was one of those days when you turn the radio on and all signals on the band are especially strong. The interesting thing is I was using my 1/4 wave ground mounted vertical and about 75 watts of power. It was a blast!
Since then, I decided to spend some more time on the digital portion of the bands. I have worked a few guys on PSK31 but I really enjoy using any other mode besides PSK31. Why? Well for one, with a soundcard and free software, you can work a lot of different ditigal modes. Each mode has a distinct flavor asscoiated with it. It seems like PSK31 is used overwhelminly and I hope to change that. I'll let you know how it goes!
73 for now de N0NS Joe
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