[Lowfer] [Hifer] NC GA RY

[John Andrews]

Peter,

> At 9:05, only RY left and now the starship is dog bones audible. I must
> say, John, that pattern sure does compel more than a passing look, and
> the appearance of DFSK at QRSS3 is a plus over a regular sig. In
> general, it is much easier to ID a FSKd sig due to its two channel
> appearance and over cw, esp. one that may be dropping out from fading,
> thereby chopping a dash into something less and hindering
> interpretation, unless one knows by usual sig location or proximity to
> another recognizable sig.

I agree. It also has the advantage of speeding up the ID for call signs with
a lot of dashes. RY,  having four of them, does send more quickly. You have
to pick a shift that allows the eye to combine them into one character, and
I've seen DFCW that was a little wide for my taste..

RY has about a month to go for this season, and it will be back in May.

John Andrews