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Hi Bob,

Am 20.12.2013 20:00, schrieb Bob Raide:
> Stefan;
> As I said-band is fuller now than used to be!  I used to run a KW 
> about 45 W ERP 100% time with WSPR2.  It would make occasional SV8 
> decodes along with almost all western Europeans.  But since last year 
> have been told to cut back to 30% time on and still I heard 
> murmurs like "he already worked everybody 50 times over  he needs 
> more"?!!!  I would tell Jay and Jay told me keep operating but run 
> 25-30% time on-that that was fair.
Yes, that OK i think. 100% is a bit hard :-) I did TX 100% with my 
indoor loop and 100 uW ERP but that is a different thing :-)

> It's OK-I can understand that and yes am sure is same with you.  You 
> operate 50% on WSPR and it is fortunate that the 50% falls always on 
> same quarter hour.  Otherwise there is many nights no one else 
> on to give sigs for T/A.
> I have to say, probably like you, worked most everything on 500 band 
> and if go there run at reduced time on or more to QRP.  We have plenty 
> else going on [new LF-VLF-etc] so works out for everybody just fine-Bob
RR.
But even if you "worked" everybody 50 times, there will be a newcomer, 
somewhere, maybe with a poor RX antenna in the first stage and then this 
newcomer will be most grateful for your signal and he will be motivated 
to build a better RX antenna so that he can even receive the weaker 
stations. That's the thing!
There are enough OMs who will listen on 630m with a short HF antenna for 
the first time. If there were no signals, they would say the band is 
dead, maybe.
And there are several LF amateurs who do the effort to maximise their RX 
performance just to receive signals like yours, over several 1000km.

73, Stefan

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Hi Bob, <br>
<br>
Am 20.12.2013 20:00, schrieb Bob Raide:
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  <div dir="ltr">Stefan;<br>
As I said-band is fuller now than used to be!&nbsp; I used to run a KW about
45 W ERP 100% time with WSPR2.&nbsp; It would make occasional SV8 decodes
along with almost all western Europeans.&nbsp; But since last year have been
told to cut back to 30% time on and still I heard murmurs&nbsp;like "he
already worked everybody 50 times over&nbsp; he needs more"?!!!&nbsp; I would
tell Jay and Jay told me keep operating but run 25-30% time on-that
that was fair.&nbsp; <br>
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Yes, that OK i think. 100% is a bit hard :-) I did TX 100% with my
indoor loop and 100 uW ERP but that is a different thing :-)<br>
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  <div dir="ltr">It's OK-I can understand that and yes am sure is same
with you.&nbsp; You operate 50% on WSPR and it is fortunate that the 50%
falls always on same quarter hour.&nbsp; Otherwise there is many nights no
one else on&nbsp;to&nbsp;give sigs for T/A.<br>
I have to say, probably like you, worked most everything on 500 band
and if go there run&nbsp;at reduced time on or more to QRP.&nbsp; We have plenty
else going on [new LF-VLF-etc] so works out for everybody just fine-Bob<br>
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RR.<br>
But even if you "worked" everybody 50 times, there will be a newcomer,
somewhere, maybe with a poor RX antenna in the first stage and then
this newcomer will be most grateful for your signal and he will be
motivated to build a better RX antenna so that he can even receive the
weaker stations. That's the thing! <br>
There are enough OMs who will listen on 630m with a short HF antenna
for the first time. If there were no signals, they would say the band
is dead, maybe. <br>
And there are several LF amateurs who do the effort to maximise their
RX performance just to receive signals like yours, over several 1000km.<br>
<br>
73, Stefan<br>
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