So I was hanging out in KB7QOPs ham shack last night and convinced him to try PSK31 data transmissions, basically IMing over the air at about 31 baud.
I.
Love.
It!
Besides being able to check into the Nine O'Clock Net, this is the thing I cannot wait to do.
It reminds me of being a high school geek circa 1986 - I used to call my friend Eric Skog and we would connect our computers via 300 baud modems and then chat. It was so much less efficient than just talking on the phone but it was much more fun! PSK31 reminds me of my early days online, before anyone had heard of the Internet. I would find BBS numbers in the back of Computer Shopper and look for Commodore 64 games "cracked by Vader" among others.
Watching Mike work his first contact from Troy, AL was great. The signal faded after a few minutes, introducing some errors in the text, but they were able to have a short conversation.
Getting this working will be one of the first things I do upon setting up my base station.
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