Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 15:41:05 -0600 (MDT)
From: STEVE MCDONALD <ve7sl@shaw.ca>
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Roger - If Europe is anything like NA, then the predominant mode is still WSPR. Things may change (I hope) to more two-way modes such as JT9 and CW, when the US comes on board. So you are probably just seeing the extent of your rx system capabilities on most normal nights. You'll probably see some interesting new stuff with the arrival of better winter propagation but it is much the same here at present, mostly seeing the same stations night after night until there is the odd really good night. 

Steve VE7SL 73 


From: "Roger Lapthorn" <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com> 
To: "rsgb lf group" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>, "rsgb lf group" <rsgb_lf_group@yahoogroups.co.uk> 
Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2017 2:13:06 PM 
Subject: LF: MF WSPR RX 

OK, I don't have the best of set-ups on 474kHz WSPR. My RX is an FT817 (a bit deaf on 474.2kHz), my antenna the strapped feeder to my 2m big-wheel antenna via an ATU and my earth is the mains socket. Nonetheless, I get nightly spots of MF stations in Germany, Norway, Spain and Italy plus many others. My noise floor is S7-8 on MF. 

Sadly, I am spotting the same stations again and again. 

Is there another MF mode that has a wider selection of stations? JT65, JT9, FT8 for example? I am game to try any mode. At the moment I am RX only, although I did TX last season, a bit albeit with a very low ERP. 

73s 
Roger G3XBM 


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<html><body><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetic=
a, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Roger - If Europe is anything like NA=
, then the predominant mode is still WSPR. Things may change (I hope) to mo=
re two-way modes such as JT9 and CW, when the US comes on board. So you are=
 probably just seeing the extent of your rx system capabilities on most nor=
mal nights. You'll probably see some interesting new stuff with the arrival=
 of better winter propagation but it is much the same here at present, most=
ly seeing the same stations night after night until there is the odd really=
 good night.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>Steve&nbsp; VE7S=
L&nbsp; 73<br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr =
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b>From: </b>"Roger Lapthorn" &lt;rogerlapthorn@gmail.com&gt;<br><b>To: </b>=
"rsgb lf group" &lt;rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org&gt;, "rsgb lf group" &lt;r=
sgb_lf_group@yahoogroups.co.uk&gt;<br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, October 7, 201=
7 2:13:06 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>LF: MF WSPR RX<br></div><div><br></div><div=
 data-marker=3D"__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>OK, I don't have the=
 best of set-ups on 474kHz WSPR. My RX is an FT817 (a bit deaf on 474.2kHz)=
, my antenna the strapped feeder to my 2m big-wheel antenna via an ATU and =
my earth is the mains socket. Nonetheless, I get nightly spots of MF statio=
ns in Germany, Norway, Spain and Italy plus many others. My noise floor is =
S7-8 on MF.</div><br><div>Sadly, I am spotting the same stations again and =
again.</div><br><div>Is there another MF mode that has a wider selection of=
 stations? JT65, JT9, FT8 for example? I am game to try any mode. At the mo=
ment I am RX only, although I did TX last season, a bit albeit with a very =
low ERP.</div><br><div>73s</div><div>Roger G3XBM</div></div><br></div></div=
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