During the last days with my friends not available for our daily skeds on 80 m (3581.5 + 1500 Hz) at night I tried 20 m, 30 m and 40 m. The results, however,...
Hello to All There is always some activity on Olivia on all bands. On 20m I have everyday my qso around 7:30 to 8:00 UTC with Dick 3D2BA with Mode Olivia...
Hello Is the one mode community enough vital? Or to expand the modes and shrink the formats? The practice show that Olivia 500/8 equal by snr with MFSK16. The...
... There's more to it than just published S/N figures - some of which are doubtful. After considerable operating I think it makes MUCH more sense to stop...
... I thought Turtle Racers preferred JT65A or some form of QRSS for communications. heehee Best 73 Tom NU4G Your Friendly yet Curmudgeonly ListKeeper...
... I don't have much trouble tuning in a MFSK signal either though it is easier if you use AFC - then two people dance all over the place and change freq like...
... Thinking I need to use these lower tone-count variants (250/4 and 500/4) a little more and see how they perform. Thanks for the nudge. I've been using a...
... An Olivia contest might help increase activity but I'm not sure if personally I like the idea. Of course, we could have the contest on 2000 hz mode and do...
We had this PSK125/250 contest some weeks ago and I have seen a lot of activity, therefore a contest in 250/8 or 250/4 could be a good way to increase activity...
Not that I prefer one mode over another, but with all the choices, it seems like digital soup with multiple modes creating more confusion than one clear cut...
One way to increase Olivia activity and improve your Olivia QSO count is to let people know what mode you are operating and on what band. Head over to the...
HI Juergen - in relation to your comments I would note that I can often find 1000/32 Olivia on around 3596.5 dial USB in the evenings (SSB permitting) and...
... If I am running one of the standard Olivia modes I usually run the Sync Integ. Period at 3, 4, or 5 depending on if the signal is extremely weak "GHOST"...
... Yes, I agree and I think Olivia IS the easiest to tune in - certainly NOT MFSK. And when you can barely see the signal on the water OR not at all you can...
Hi Gerry, 500 Hz are the max. allowed below 3600 according to Region I bandplan, therefore I use 500 Hz and lower, mainly around 3581.5 khz dialing frequency...
Thanks for the link, Laurie. I will give it a try. The only problem with specialized web sites is the fact that the spots are not distributed via the other...
Hello all ham I have verry activiti in 20, 30 and 40 the olivia mode in 16/500 i will havw test in 8/250 tomorro at 20 utc pse help for tes Tnx 73 Enviado...
... One, I don't want to disparage anyone's favorite flavor of digital modes, but the main reason is that I have yet to make a contact on digital modes other...
Hello all We use often 80m (3590 kz) Olivia 16/500 and when condx going very poor then 8/250. There are a few OH stations and sometimes DL fellows too. Almost...
Hello All I am using Olivia right from the start, when Pawel invendet the mode.. Pawel is living almost next door to me here and we often discuss digital ...
Hello Yes we have tested also DominoEX, also with FEC and THOR. They are quite good modes, but they are not so good as Olivia. DEX and Thor are quite bit...
