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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 13:32:31 -0330 (NST)
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Congrats Dave and Paul!
Well done on ULF, Stefan! Amazing work.

Thanks to Paul Nicholson's grabber, I am pleased to report that=20
yesterday's trip up the tower with a new halyard was not in vain;
transatlantic VLF service has been restored. (Unless we have an=20
imposter on 8270.0075 Hz.)

73
Joe VO1NA

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019, Markus Vester wrote:

> Very nice, a well deserved success for=C2=A0both of you.=C2=A0In this con=
text we should mention=C2=A0that G0MRF was one of the first Peter Bobek Awa=
rd winners.
>
> Congratulations!
>
> Markus (DF6NM)
> =C2=A0
>
> -----Urspr=C3=BCngliche Mitteilung-----
> Von: David Bowman <davidg0mrf@gmail.com>
> An: rsgb-lf-group <rsgb-lf-group@groups.io>; rsgb_lf_group <rsgb_lf_group=
@blacksheep.org>
> Verschickt: Do, 7. Mrz 2019 2:12
> Betreff: LF: 137kHz Transatlantic QSO
>
> I was very pleased this evening 06/March/19 to complete a JT9-1 QSO with =
Paul N1BUG on 137kHz.Paul and I have been trying almost nightly for the pas=
t 3 weeks overcoming many problems along the way.Finally we succeeded, with=
 reports of -21 for me, while N1BUG was -27 in IO91FR (4842km)I should also=
 like to say thanks to Rik ON7YD.=C2=A0 A few days ago I downloaded SlowJT9=
 v0.9.16.0.=C2=A0 I ran this, with "multiple decodes" switched on and had W=
SJT-X running parallel.
> During the 12 minute QSO, SlowJT9 decoded 5 sequences from Paul at -27 wh=
ile WSJT-X missed 2 of the 5. Both programmes reported the same signal leve=
ls. Audio for transmit was taken from WSJT.
> - Rik. I have saved the decoded files as you requested. when I find out w=
here they are, I will forward them to you.
> Since making a crossband TA QSO (137k to 14MHz) in Sept 2000, a 2-way QSO=
 has been a long term ambition. This is one ticked off the bucket list. Tha=
nks Paul for the dedication and perseverance.
>
> 73
>
> David=C2=A0 G0MRF
>
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