Re: LF: Re: 137kHz WSPR - what frequency?

[Roger Lapthorn <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com>]

Dear Mal,

Both CW and digital modes have their place and their merits. Many here enjoy using both; certainly I do.  

73s and see you on CW sometime.

Roger
G3XBM

2009/8/28 mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>

Who are the 'us guys' the majority of LF/MF operators are on CW, have a look at the list of operators that I sent yesterday. Jim you appear the odd time and your CW has got worse I expect its WSPR for you or nothing. By all means ignore my observations but I get a lot of positive feedback from experienced radio amateurs and professionals in the electronics field and Nonsense most of the time from data Appliance Operators.
CW requires operator skill but machine generated data modes only needs an observer. Watch the kettle boil operator.
Commercial operators use data modes to shift large amounts of information, hardly a requirement for a radio amateur exchanging name and signal strength. CW is ideally suited for short real time exchanges between radio amateurs.

g3kev

----- Original Message ----- From: "James Moritz" <james.moritz@btopenworld.com>

To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>

Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:18 PM

Subject: Re: LF: Re: 137kHz WSPR - what frequency?

Dear Roger, LF Group,

Please bear in mind that G3KEV does not speak for "us guys", only himself.
Over the years we have learned to ignore him most of the time - if we took
much notice, we would all have given up a long time ago.

If you look in the WSPR on-line database specifying the band as "LF/VLF",
you will see that there has been quite a lot of WSPR activity over the last
year on 136k and 500k, which has been one of the more successful digital
modes in this part of the spectrum. The points you make regarding narrow
bandwidth and low power are certainly useful at LF/MF. The summer months are
usually rather lacking in activity due to the short nights and high QRN, but
activity, no doubt including WSPR, will be picking up soon as we get into
autumn.

The M0BMU LF/MF station is currently QRT due to a recent visit from
relatives - all those pretty coloured wires and 3-year-olds don't really
mix! It will probably be put back together this weekend though, so if you
are interested in trying WSPR on 136k or 500k, let me know.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Lapthorn" <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 137kHz WSPR - what frequency?


...But it's *not* my place to tell you guys how to use the LF bands so with

this, I'll leave you to it and get back on 10m WSPR, CW and SSB.  Good
luck
with whatever modes you enjoy.

Roger
73s
G3XBM

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