Digital Mode Signal Reporting

The Problem

Digital modes such as PSK have been around for a long time but it appears only a few amateurs have adopted the RSQ (Readability, Strength, Quality) signal reporting method which is much better suited to digital modes where we can't use our hearing to assess the signal.

The RST (Reada...

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fldigi waterfall examples

When I first started with digital modes fldigi didn't decode the way I expected it.

The problem was the radio output level was simply too high.
Digital modes are all about signal to noise ratios and not absolute signal levels

Screenshots on this page are intended to illustrate what signal level...

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