Subj : Morse test, to be or not to be?
To   : Richard Town
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 02:40 pm

Hello Richard,

>  sb>> How true. With PSK31, it is basicly RTTY. The best bit
>  sb>> about it is, using SSB you can have a perfect QSO even
>  sb>> with very weak received signals.
>
> In comparing that and morse, surely being FSK it overall
> occupies more bandwidth?

Compared to straight on/off keying there is a theoretical increase in bandwidth
of about 30%. Which is more than compensated for by the much better signal to
noise ratio.


73, Michiel

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