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RE: LF: OPERA overload?

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Subject: RE: LF: OPERA overload?
From: Bob Raide <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:04:35 -0500
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:52:17 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: OPERA overload?

Hi Bob,

Am 20.12.2013 20:00, schrieb Bob Raide:
Stefan;
As I said-band is fuller now than used to be!  I used to run a KW about 45 W ERP 100% time with WSPR2.  It would make occasional SV8 decodes along with almost all western Europeans.  But since last year have been told to cut back to 30% time on and still I heard murmurs like "he already worked everybody 50 times over  he needs more"?!!!  I would tell Jay and Jay told me keep operating but run 25-30% time on-that that was fair. 
Yes, that OK i think. 100% is a bit hard :-) I did TX 100% with my indoor loop and 100 uW ERP but that is a different thing :-)

It's OK-I can understand that and yes am sure is same with you.  You operate 50% on WSPR and it is fortunate that the 50% falls always on same quarter hour.  Otherwise there is many nights no one else on to give sigs for T/A.
I have to say, probably like you, worked most everything on 500 band and if go there run at reduced time on or more to QRP.  We have plenty else going on [new LF-VLF-etc] so works out for everybody just fine-Bob
RR.
But even if you "worked" everybody 50 times, there will be a newcomer, somewhere, maybe with a poor RX antenna in the first stage and then this newcomer will be most grateful for your signal and he will be motivated to build a better RX antenna so that he can even receive the weaker stations. That's the thing!
There are enough OMs who will listen on 630m with a short HF antenna for the first time. If there were no signals, they would say the band is dead, maybe.
And there are several LF amateurs who do the effort to maximise their RX performance just to receive signals like yours, over several 1000km.
 
Yes, Stefan there can and usually is new stations popping up that are looking for T/A decode.  If you are QRP you may miss him as he starting out could just be using 40 or 80 m dipole to RX-no decode for QRP signal.  So we should occasionally get on 472 band and run reduced time  to get and keep these newbies coming back.  I look many nights on 630M and couple dozen T/A receivers and nobody this side poking enough signal through for them to decode!
Reduce time under 40 % but keep that "Fire to the wire" OM-73, Bob 
73, Stefan
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