Re: LF: Re: Re: 500, XSH/10 508.003 khz tonight

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dmcintyre@att.net>]

hamilton mal wrote:

> Qrs 30/60/90 etc is far too slow on 500 khz because of the QSB the 
> signals are all chopped up and virtually impossible to get an ID. 
> Some years ago when the band was in use by the marine service I could 
> copy ships across the atlantic and out to the far east Japan etc at 
> night time pretty well every night but the average ships TX was running 
> 1kw out and a good inv L anternna, some large ships probably had a 1/4 
> antenna, a big ERP.
I agree with Mal.  QRSS3 has shown to be about the slowest speed that is useful 
on 500 kc.  Even at that speed only a few letters can be copied with weak 
signals on propagation peaks.
Tonight WD2XSH/10 will beacon on 508.003 kHz starting on or before 2300Z.  A 
combination of QRSS3 and CW at 10 wpm with a 10 second key down will be sent.
Dex, W4DEX, WD2XKO, WD2XSH/10
http://www.500kc.com/
http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xsh_10.htm