Hi Fausto,

Normal CW would have been possible last night! There were 90 decodes by FR5ZX last night. The best reports from last night are:

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2015-10-31 22:30	PA0A	0.475725	-20	0	JO33de	2	FR5ZX	LG78pu	9511	135
2015-10-31 23:46	DK7FC	0.475684	-12	0	JN49ik	1	FR5ZX	LG78pu	9095	137
2015-11-01 00:12	DF6NM	0.475785	-20	0	JN59nj	1	FR5ZX	LG78pu	8974	139
2015-10-31 23:58	DJ0ABR	0.475665	-25	0	JN68nt	0.2	FR5ZX	LG78pu	8830	140
2015-10-31 23:42	DH5RAE	0.475753	-27	0	JN68qv	0.5	FR5ZX	LG78pu	8826	141
2015-10-31 23:12	IZ7SLZ	0.475777	-27	0	JN80nu	0.01	FR5ZX	LG78pu	7941	143

You know, a few weeks back i've tested the readability of a signal at -6 dB and -16 dB. -6 dB was fine for a normal speed (100 Bpm) CW QSO. -16 dB was barely audible, not fine for a QSO, maybe a call can be copied when repeated a few times. So i think that -12 dB should be fine for a QSO at 60 Bpm and some concentration... But it was just a short moment within 4 hours. Not sure if someone want to call CQ for such a long time to make a "599tu" QSO then :-)

73, Stefan

PS: Could someone provide more statistical overview of last nights results?



Am 01.11.2015 12:09, schrieb Fausto Coletti:

Hi Stefan,

 

-14 dB !!!

Virtually with 10 dB extra power you would get an audible CW signal...at 9000 Km WOW.

 

 

73, Fausto IK4NMF