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From: "Laurence KL1X" <hellozerohellozero@hotmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:22:15 -0900
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Subject: Re: LF: Re: QRSS by PA0SE
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Dick - Alaska receiving system still up and running on 135,922  ok as of UK 
Sunday morning-
vy 73 Laurence en route Cumbria


>From: Dick Rollema <d.w.rollema@freeler.nl>
>Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>Subject: Re: LF: Re: QRSS by PA0SE
>Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:11:57 +0100
>
>To All from PA0SE
>
>Tnx to Alan and Jim for their comments.
>
>I intend to do so beaconing and as a compromise will use QRSS10.  I will 
>try to stick to 135.922kHz, the frequency K1LX is monitoring (hope the 
>receiver is on during his stay in London).
>I will start at 2200 UTC on Saturday and perhaps continue till 0800 UTC on 
>Sunday.
>
>I can check the frequency with a counter having 1 Hz resolution at ten 
>times the transmit frequency. But It is unrealistic to expect I can  
>maintain  frequency to that accuracy, especially during sleeping time.
>Text will be PA0SE repeated.
>Keeping my fingers crossed....
>
>73, Dick, PA0SE
>
>At 10:51 13-12-03, you wrote:
>>Dear Dick,
>>
>>It depends what sort of operation you are going for - most random 2-way 
>>QSOs take place between about 137.650 and 137.750kHz at a speed of 3s/dot. 
>>At this speed, a few Hz drift is not a serious problem, and VFOs are quite 
>>practical, provided you monitor the frequency. The easiest way to do that 
>>is to watch your TX frequency on the RX spectrogram display - that way it 
>>is easy to see if your QRG is drifting across someone else's signal. At 
>>most QTHs there are fixed-frequency spectral lines visible in the display 
>>which make convenient calibration markers when you get to know them. Most 
>>operation seems to take place after dark and before midnight, but it is 
>>not unusual to see QRSS during the day.
>>
>>For the transatlantic or other long-distance beacon-type operations, 
>>longer dot lengths are needed, usually 30s or more, with consequently 
>>better stability. The choice of frequency varies according to prevailing 
>>activity - at the moment, the trend is for non-european stations to use 
>>frequencies around 137.78kHz, while the Europeans use around 135.92, to 
>>avoid causing blocking to nearby stations - but this varies between 
>>individual operations. For transatlantic beacons, propagation normally 
>>starts to open up about 2300 or so, and to fade out when it gets light, 
>>about 0800utc.
>>
>>Good luck - not sure if I will be QRV today or not, but will try to be 
>>tomorrow evening, so might see you then.
>>
>>Cheers, Jim Moritz
>>73 de M0BMU
>>>As I am new to QRSS I have some  questions:
>>>
>>>1. What frequency to be used.
>>>2. What speed to be used.
>>>3. At what times transmission to be started and finished.
>>>
>>>73, Dick, PA0SE

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