Return-Path: Received: (qmail 84400 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2004 20:19:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan01.plus.net) (212.159.14.235) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2004 20:19:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 74441 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2004 20:19:34 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore01.plus.net (212.159.14.215) by ptb-mxscan01.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2004 20:19:32 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1BD7u0-000JEw-GB for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:19:32 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1BD7tR-0000q2-WC for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:18:57 +0100 Received: from [213.232.95.59] (helo=relay.salmark.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1BD7tR-0000pt-J2 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:18:57 +0100 Received: from magneto.esoterica.pt ([195.22.0.25]) by relay.salmark.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BD7tO-0005o0-Nv for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:18:54 +0100 X-Fake-Domain: Slave_13.esoterica.pt Received: from Slave_13.esoterica.pt (adsl-norte02-1-17.vianw.pt [80.172.144.17]) by magneto.esoterica.pt (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3CKIpkp030697 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:18:51 +0100 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20040412201653.00bccc58@pop.vianw.pt> X-Sender: nx4ywv@pop.vianw.pt X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:18:46 +0000 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: Brian Rogerson In-Reply-To: <006901c420c9$4200f1d0$e901a8c0@bob2l2u6k2n1g3> References: <20040411053239.NYFR13120.web4-rme.xtra.co.nz@[127.0.0.1]> <007101c41f87$3ce0ada0$e901a8c0@bob2l2u6k2n1g3> <11050987609.20040411095712@73.ru> <009101c42003$f14afa30$e901a8c0@bob2l2u6k2n1g3> <173612248082.20040412112534@dx.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Subject: Re: LF: a trace of RN6BN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Bob, my system is fired up to transmit, what frequency is available, I don't want to double? 73, Brian CT1DRP At 20:03 12/04/2004, you wrote: >Sam RN6BN, > >Last night was not so productive, only a trace received in a capture at 1636 >UTC. Nil in all other captures. > >Commenting on QRSS vs DFCW, for beaconing the main benefit of DFCW is that >it has a higher "duty cycle" as it avoids the "long gaps" between characters >and words. Key up time does little for receiver S/N. Also the frequency >shift can be useful to distinguish a wanted signal from coherent QRM. For >DX beaconing into ZL, I suggest DFCW120. For an attempted QSO, DFCW is much >more productive as it makes much better use of time windows. Our next >booking at ZL6QH/ZM2E is 19 June, so it seems yopu have time to build a good >receiving antenna, hi hi. > >For testing tonight, I suggest using DFCW120. > >73, Bob ZL2CA