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   Scott Dorsey to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: the early teletype   
   23 Nov 24 11:13:32   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro   wrote:   
   >On 18 Nov 2024 09:01:47 -0000, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's dying out though because the modern digital modes have much better   
   >> performance under marginal conditions.   
   >   
   >The more efficiently information is encoded, the more it resembles random   
   >noise.   
      
   Yes, and I want some of the least efficient encodings for HF, because I want   
   the highest amount of data to be recovered under poor S/N conditions.   
   Redundancy is your friend!   
   --scott   
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