Greg, you're overlooking something - the time dimension.
Yes, packet is a one-at-a-time affair, but those packets move quickly - 1200bps vs 31bps for PSK31. So, each station only has the bird tied up for a short period of time. You could think of it as a form of time division multiplexing. 73 de AJ4MJ On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Greg Dober almetco@comcast.net wrote:
Hi John,
I'm not so sure it's an anti-wide rant. It is a discussion on a possible way to get more efficient use from the limited bandwidth and power on the bird. I love playing with RTTY on HF and packet on VHF, but when you head down to 14.070 and see all the stations on the sliver of band qso'ing, it seems appealing to use to eliminate overcrowding on a satellite.
Greg N3MVF
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Becker Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 7:23 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: PSK v. APRS
Sounds just like yet another "anti wide" rant to me.
John, W0JAB
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