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Wow Scott!   Many congratulations to both you and JA7NI on this historic
contact.

73s
Roger G3XBM


On 28 September 2010 14:36, Scott Tilley <sthed475@telus.net> wrote:

>  Finally!  After months of trying, our gear, conditions and most of all our
> XYL's patience all worked together to produce a QSO!
>
> JA7NI (DFCW30) and VE7TIL (DFCW60) completed a trans-pacific QSO on 2200m
> this morning a first between Canada and Japan.  CN89dk to QM09fl is 7162km.
>
> Things started off with a surprise as NI copied TIL's beacon signal 30min
> before his sunrise.  What followed was a 'quick' exchange of calls and NI's
> report was received by TIL.  Then a very long and deep fade occurred.  This
> happened before to us and we lost each other and an entire nights sleep...!
>  But that taught us a lesson and we adapted to the deep fading on this path
> by creating a master slave relationship between the stations and using QSK
> to full effect.  Master slave means the station that is expecting a reply
> simply waits until he hears it while the other station transmits until heard
> with pauses (QSK) to listen...   NI waited patiently not knowing TIL had
> copied the calls and his report.  Our procedure was for him to simply wait
> until he copied something...  Three hours later RO appeared on NI's screen
> and during one of my crawls out of the bunk I saw a dot during a pause in
> transmission and stopped the transmitter.  A few minutes later there was an
> R and TU but not in DFCW but rather QRSS as a malfunction at NI's end had
> him scrambling, but he recovered with grace and the QSO was in the bag...
>
> This QSO caps off months of work by both operators in improving their
> stations and beaconing on the path to learn its characteristics to make a
> QSO possible.  What is clear to me is the trans-pacific path on 2200m is a
> very viable communication path for amateur experimentation.  I'm sure time
> will demonstrate this further as procedures and equipment improve on both
> sides of the ocean.
>
> I would like to particularly thank Yas, JA8SCD (the Tokyo Grabber) for his
> help and translation services.  Without him this would have been much more
> difficult.
>
> More details including station equipment to follow in the next few days as
> I get caught up on my sleep and family life :-)
>
> 73 Scott
> VE7TIL CN89dk
> http://www3.telus.net/sthed/argo/
>
>
>


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Wow Scott!=A0=A0 Many congratulations to both you and JA7NI on this histor=
ic contact. <br><br>73s<br>Roger G3XBM<br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e">On 28 September 2010 14:36, Scott Tilley <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:sthed475@telus.net">sthed475@telus.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br=
>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; bord=
er-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">=A0Finally! =A0=
After months of trying, our gear, conditions and most of all our XYL&#39;s=
 patience all worked together to produce a QSO!<br>

<br>
JA7NI (DFCW30) and VE7TIL (DFCW60) completed a trans-pacific QSO on 2200m=
 this morning a first between Canada and Japan. =A0CN89dk to QM09fl is 716=
2km.<br>
<br>
Things started off with a surprise as NI copied TIL&#39;s beacon signal 30=
min before his sunrise. =A0What followed was a &#39;quick&#39; exchange of=
 calls and NI&#39;s report was received by TIL. =A0Then a very long and de=
ep fade occurred. =A0This happened before to us and we lost each other and=
 an entire nights sleep...! =A0But that taught us a lesson and we adapted=
 to the deep fading on this path by creating a master slave relationship=
 between the stations and using QSK to full effect. =A0Master slave means=
 the station that is expecting a reply simply waits until he hears it whil=
e the other station transmits until heard with pauses (QSK) to listen...=
 =A0 NI waited patiently not knowing TIL had copied the calls and his repo=
rt. =A0Our procedure was for him to simply wait until he copied something.=
.. =A0Three hours later RO appeared on NI&#39;s screen and during one of=
 my crawls out of the bunk I saw a dot during a pause in transmission and=
 stopped the transmitter. =A0A few minutes later there was an R and TU but=
 not in DFCW but rather QRSS as a malfunction at NI&#39;s end had him scra=
mbling, but he recovered with grace and the QSO was in the bag...<br>

<br>
This QSO caps off months of work by both operators in improving their stat=
ions and beaconing on the path to learn its characteristics to make a QSO=
 possible. =A0What is clear to me is the trans-pacific path on 2200m is a=
 very viable communication path for amateur experimentation. =A0I&#39;m su=
re time will demonstrate this further as procedures and equipment improve=
 on both sides of the ocean.<br>

<br>
I would like to particularly thank Yas, JA8SCD (the Tokyo Grabber) for his=
 help and translation services. =A0Without him this would have been much=
 more difficult.<br>
<br>
More details including station equipment to follow in the next few days as=
 I get caught up on my sleep and family life :-)<br>
<br>
73 Scott<br>
VE7TIL CN89dk<br>
<a href=3D"http://www3.telus.net/sthed/argo/" target=3D"_blank">http://www=
3.telus.net/sthed/argo/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><a href=3D"http://g3xb=
m-qrp.blogspot.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/</a><=
br><a href=3D"http://www.g3xbm.co.uk" target=3D"_blank">http://www.g3xbm.c=
o.uk</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm" target=3D"_blank">http://www=
.youtube.com/user/g3xbm</a><br>G3XBM=A0=A0 GQRP 1678=A0=A0=A0 ISWL G11088<=
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