Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:52:17 +0100
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[email protected]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!
