Chris Osborn wrote:
LF
It was a red-letter day today as I achieved my 1000th QSO using 600m.
This includes 72 cross-band contacts, virtually all of which were 600m
/ 80m.
I personally find it sad that the present level of enthusiasm for the
WSPR mode was never achieved for hand sent Morse (CW), which after all
is the mode which I call to mind when thinking of the old MF marine
band.
If the WSPR 'enthusiasm' phase lasts, with more and stronger stations
operating 24/7 in the narrow 3 kHz segment which is the 600m band then
I guess it may be time for me to QSY.
73 Chris G3XIZ
Dear Chris, LF group
Congratulations for such a remarkable achievement. it just happend that
few days ago i also had my red-letter day
but it was my FIRST cross-band qso on 600 meter with Mal, G3KEV .
Well, in some way, kind of similarity with respect to the time stamp
of those red-letter days and what a BIG difference in the number of
qso , hi :)
acoording to the wspr issue... the MF band ( not to mention the 136
khz ) due to the official regulations with respect to the ERP power
as well as due to the small efficiency of antenna systems is regarded
as a 'weak signal band' so , it is not surprising that modern digital
communication techniques with very efficient coding come into play..
it must be noted, that wspr gave ( and still does) enormous
information about propagation issues , really sets the 'limits' of TX
pwr where one can detect (positively decode information) thousands km
away ( it is remarkable ,btw) Also, it allows greater number of hams
to be active in some way on this band.
In my opinion, one should also realize that behind all those 'weak
signal mods' there is a beautiful piece of mathematics involved. Of
course, there is a price for it. - it is not a qso -like mode contrary
to CW or qrss(n) Personaly, i would welcome more stns
working/beaconing qrss(n) where the possibility of making qso contact
is obviously greater. i did make qso with Mal because i saw/heard him
in a qso mode. I also believe that as the time progresses and more
countries are allowed to work on this band there will be more live
contacts on 500 kcs so Chris DO NOT QSY and for the time being we
must all agree on this some sort of coexistence between qso-like and
non-qso mods on lf/mf bands
73 de Piotr, sq7mpj
qth: Lodz /jo91rs/
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