Re: MT63 Testing
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Thank you for your comment. I know it is a problem in Europe to have a proper keyboard to keyboard communication chat.?
Most Radio?amateurs make only short contacts through Digital modes like?JT65A or FT8. I think the reason for this are the poor band conditions.
PSK31 was very popular, until last year when FT8 took over.
Its nowadays possible to chat with amateurs in Europe, but most chats use PSK31, and if conditions are really bad,?
Olivia 4/125 , Olivia 16/500 , or DominoEx8?is being used. I personally?use HRI which has native support for?Ham Radio de Luxe`s? DM780
Olivia and DominoEX? however are very slow modes compared to MT63
So that leaves us to EMCOM. But what I hear and see from the DARES ( Dutch Amateur Radio?Emergency Service)?organisation,?
that they use Winlink with the proprietary SCS Pactor II/III?modems, with primair?VHF and UHF frequencies, and HF NVIS frequencies?as backup
Its possible to use Winlink with the Winmor or UZ7HO Packet modem? on the Icom IC-M710, because John Wiseman has made rigcontrol support for the IC-M710 in his BPQ32 node switch software, but I doubt if DARES uses anything but the SCS modems
Another way to communicate is to use PC-ALE, but I?have problems with the Icom IC-M710 &?soundcard options in the latest versions
v1.08 Build 1.0.0.0 Beta TEST BUILD #3.3 and?TEST BUILD #3.4.?
The good news is that I?have tested the (software)?MS-DMT ( it has support for?MIL-STD/STANAG) modem from N2CKH, on the Icom IC-M710 but this modem is being used for MARS communication
purposes, and not intended for Radio amateur use
73`s
Rene, PA7R
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There was a time when MT63 was quite common on the amateur bands. I made many contacts just above 14.100 using MT63 500L, 1000L, and 2000L.? MT63 is a very robust mode and is the fallback for MARS and other organizations, whose primary mode
is M110A. MT63 is absolutely legal on the amateur bands for those with doubts. I am saddened that MT63 has all but disappeared from the ham bands. It is far superior and robust as compared to some still in use by amateurs.? MT63, in my opinion, is exceptionally
good for keyboard to keyboard communication as well as EMCOM. I wish we could promote MT63 on the amateur bands. I would be very pleased to get back on that mode if there was some regular? activity. As always, I suggest keeping RXID & TXID turned on to allow
others to switch to our mode/speed.
Best regards,
Gary, K7EK
Radcliff, KY, (EM77at)
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