2009/11/20 James Cowburn <[email protected]>

Dear All,

According to the ARRL, WSPR contacts, if verified as two way, will qualify
towards DXCC awards as they consider these to be a QSO mode and not simply a
beacon.

As there is an exchange of callsign, locator and signal strength then that
was deemed sufficient by the ARRL to qualify for DXCC and as a QSO in a data
mode much like RTTY or PSK31 for example.

This was discussed at the recent RSGB conference in a session on WSPR.

With best regards


Jim



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mal hamilton
Sent: 20 November 2009 19:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LF: Re: WD2XES WSPR 136.0

Recently there has been an upsurge in wspr BEACON appliance operators and
your suggested frequency area is not the place for them. The bottom end
would keep Beacon acty out of the way. There would still be room for the odd
EU qrs operator, can't say I have heard many in recent years. The freq area
137 - 138 k/cs is frequently occupied by Russian and other EU dxers for
inter Country working using CW and     QRS and 136.5 - 137 for local CW
working.
NA stns wishing to work EU would still use 137 - 138 on CW and  QRS and not
be clobbered by wspr carriers going ON/OFF.
I hope you see the logic
G3KEV

----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: WD2XES WSPR 136.0


> Thanks for the suggestion, but I doubt it will cause you any more
interference than it has for the last 5 years. From our perspective, the
lower end of the band has long been reserved for EU to NA operation.
>
> John, W1TAG
>
> ---- mal hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > om I woud suggest you Beacon at the extreme bottom end of the band and
not
> > in the middle of the CW and QRS DX portion.
>
>