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====== Packet Modes ======

See also: https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/PACKET (though some of its information is dubious)

===== Spectral Efficiency Comparison =====

^ Mode                          ^ Bitrate (kbps) ^ RF b/w (kHz) ^ kb/s per kHz ^
| TETRA                         |           28.80|          25.0|        1.1520|
| VARA FM narrow L11            |           12.75|          12.5|        1.0200|
| VARA FM wide L13              |           25.21|          25.0|        1.0084|
| 4FSK in FM                    |           19.20|          25.0|        0.7680|
| NPR (68k)                     |           68.00|         100.0|        0.6800|
| 300 bps BPSK in SSB           |            0.30|           0.5|        0.6000|
| NPR (470k)                    |          470.00|        1000.0|        0.4700|
| G3RUH 9k6 in FM               |            9.60|          25.0|        0.3840|
| 3600 bps QPSK in FM           |            3.60|          12.5|        0.2880|
| FT8 :D                        |         0.00609|          0.05|        0.1218|
| 1200 baud AFSK in FM          |            1.20|          12.5|        0.0960|
| LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW7.8k  |           0.341|           7.8|        0.0437|
| LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW20.8k |            0.91|          20.8|        0.0436|
| LoRa [1] SF7 C4:5 NF6 BW500k  |           21.88|         500.0|        0.0438|

[1] LoRa calculated with https://unsigned.io/understanding-lora-parameters/

Please contribute further examples.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency#Comparison_table