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Thanks Graham,

Just getting ready to switch on the TX at 0000 utc... a bit late tonight.

73
Joe

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Graham wrote:

> op32  from  last night
>
> G,
>
> VO1NA	    W1TAG	2200m	OPERA	1604 kms	09:11:56
> VO1NA	    W1VD	2200m	OPERA	1724 kms	09:11:56
> VO1NA	    TF3HZ	2200m	OPERA	2601 kms	07:00:10
> VO1NA	    G4WGT	2200m	OPERA	3519 kms	04:15:32
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <jcraig@mun.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:49 PM
> To: "Graham" <g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk>
> Cc: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32
>
>> Hi Graham and Markus,
>> 
>> It's a relief to learn that the TX has drifted off QRG! Thanks Markus.
>> Will continue with OP32 tonight.
>> 
>> Graham, to make OP8 from 32, just divide by 4, right?  (8192/4 ms pulses)
>> And will it be OK to stay on 137.555 as 650 seems a bit congested?
>> 
>> 73 to all
>> Joe
>> 
>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Graham wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks  for  that  Markus
>>> 
>>> That  info  could be  gathered at the  RX   stations  and  shared  via the 
>>> web  beacon , but  would  only  be of  use  is the  'audio'   tx drive 
>>> was  used  ..
>>> 
>>> For  such a short  tx time   , 4 mins  of  'carrier'  and  anything  over 
>>> 2  mins  needed  for  a  decode  , OP8  seems  to  be  producing  some 
>>> very  good  results , unless  there  is  some  'flutter'   , which the 
>>> shorter  cycle  is able  to  make  use of ?  if nothing  else  , the power 
>>> bill  is  25% of  op32  !
>>> 
>>> W1VD is  also  showing  on the  PSK map  ,   Gus is  running  higher power 
>>> than  at the  start , so  may be  W1VD is  in range  ?
>>> 
>>> 73-G,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Markus Vester
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:15 PM
>>> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>>> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes op-8 would have been in easy reach. This morning, Joe's dashes were 
>>> well discernible even in the 0.7 Hz grabber window.
>>> 
>>> Having said that, my personal preference regarding overnight beaconing is 
>>> more towards "the slower the better" ;-) In the morning I'd rather be 
>>> greeted by 10 really deep detections than by a long list of spots with 
>>> intermediate sensitivity.
>>> 
>>> As for frequency, using 137650 exactly might not be ideal, as observers in 
>>> East Europe would likely be affected by the Russian Loran / Chayka chain. 
>>> Actually here in Central Europe the 6.25 Hz multiples reappeared today 
>>> when Slonim (the most westerly station in the chain) came back on air 
>>> after several weeks outage. Staying away from the Loran lines by a Hz or 
>>> so will avoid that problem.
>>> 
>>> Best 73,
>>> Markus (DF6NM)
>>> 
>>> From: Graham
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:36 PM
>>> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>>> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Joe,
>>> 
>>> Looking  at the  psk-map  , Its  quite possible  , all the  monitors where
>>> looking  for  OP8   signals   ve7bdq  <> we2xpq   is also  showing as OP8
>>> as well
>>> 
>>> No reason  why OP8 should not  decode  from  you  ,  just  need  to   qsy
>>> to  the  OP8 centre   qrg   137.650 KHz
>>> 
>>> 73 -G,
>>> 
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