It is wonderful to see some of these modes being used again! Lately the psk band on 20 meters is packed quite a bit of the time. I see olivia,contestia and field hell being used. I wished there was more activity on 17,15 and 12 meters of these modes. These modes are there to be used and use them on all bands. G.O.T.A. and use them!I am on 20 meter psk every morning.
Good Afternoon May those Modes was used every time . But more and more we explore that a chat is more as a exange of a call , a grid and a SNR . So no wonder you will explore also OLIVIA is still living and you can make great QSOs and chats around the world. Belive me , visit https://www.qrz.com/db/dg1rug Greetings and a blessed and healthy Christmas seson DG1RUG UWE
I am thinking about trying some of those other modes. Particularly PSK. I have done PSK in the past, but I had thought it was dead now. Getting a little bored with FT8. I have thousands of FT8 contacts.
That's why i went back to psk...FT8,FT4 and JT65 IS B..O..R..I..N..G! .......YAWN!!!!. PSK is the NEW rtty. thank you for mentioning.
Unfortunately you will find the activity on quite a few digital modes will ebb and flow. I got excited when initially discovering digital modes but then found keeping up with what was the mode du Jour tiresome after a bit.
PSK is about on 20M, sometimes gets rather packed. PSK is the new RTTY and a good means to have a digi conversation.
I've tried calling CQ several times using Olivia (500/16) at the frequencies (except 20m) suggested here: http://hflink.com/olivia/ Crickets..
In my short tenure as a PSK operator I found 20M and even 40M would get very hot with lots of activity for a weekend or two....and then totally go away for a couple of months. A couple of months later it would get hot again for a day or two with many of the same calls and again disappear. I decided it was not for me. I've had other hams tell me that's how it has been since it first appeared. I was able to work lots of DX on PSK.