Paul
I use VOX to key my TX and it works fb, never had any problems.
73 de mal/g3kev
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Hi David,
Thanks for the info. I still need to install the QRSS software and see if it will key my radio through the USB to serial interface I use with N1MM contest software.
Meanwhile as noted in a previous message I hope to be calling CQ on JT9 tonight. More on this later.
I spent the better part of three days working in freezing temperatures, wind and snow to put up temporary antennas in hope of working Bouvet. Well, at least I got some good exercise ! :-) I'm sure the Bouvet team is far more disappointed than we are. If DXing were easy and without possibility of failure the reward would not be nearly as sweet.
I see I am going to have a problem getting LF, MF and HF to play well in the space available. The only place I can support wires high enough for real DXing on 80, 40, 30m is to hang them from one of my two towers. Unfortunately this puts them extremely close to the LF/MF Marconi which is hanging between the same towers and this seems to cause massive problems. I believe the solution may be a vertical of some sort for these bands, which can be somewhat further removed from the LF/MF antenna. That will involve laying down many more radials and is clearly a project for summer ! I have half a meter of snow on the frozen ground now with more coming !
73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf
waiting for sunrise so I can see what conditions on the towers are after last night's winter storm
On 02/04/2018 06:46 PM, David Bowman wrote:
I had a similar exchange with Bob WA1OJN a couple of weeks ago.
Here's what I said about QRSS, but I agree, JT9 should be possible although I think you probably need -26.
If you want to let me know when you are calling CQ, I can certainly switch the receiver to look for JT9.
It sounds easy, but I have let the RX run for a few hours on different nights after 01.00 ....but have only seen 1 station from Europe.
Sorry about Bouvet, there's a lot of people here who have spent the last few weeks upgrading equipment just to make 1 QSO !
WA1OJN: How does the ability of QRSS compare to WSPR and JT9 as far as weak signals? I see it is dependant upon the speed - looks like it should be able to be comparable to WSPR at the very slow speeds. What speeds do you "normally" use?
G0MRF: 3 second or 5 second dots is a good place to start. To speed up the process, you give your full call in a CQ, then when called reduce your ID to just the last 3 characters.
So a QSO would go something like this:
CQ de WA1OJN WA1OJN k
WA1OJN N1BUG OO K
N1BUG OJN R MM K
OJN BUG R 73
Note the use of moonbounce reporting rather than 599 etc. Strong sigs are an O report. M is equivalent to an S4 or 5. T is weak and barely readable.
WA1OJN: Can you advise what carrier frequencies are generally used for QRSS on 630M?
G0MRF: (I think I said just above WSPR so people stand a chance of seeing your CW)
73
On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 10:47 AM, N1BUG <[email protected]> wrote:
Just think how many trans-Atlantic QSOs could be made. Some, like myself are very interested but the primary problem is no one awake on the east side of the pond at the right times!
I have seen signals strong enough for normal CW only a few times. JT9 would be easy and requires only about 3 dB more signal to decode than WSPR2. I am looking for information on QSO operating procedures for QRSS. I have only seen it used for beaconing.
I've been off MF for a while as I put up a temporary HF antenna to work the Bouvet DXpedition and it severely messed up tuning of the MF antenna. Now that the Bouvet trip has been aborted I will be taking that antenna down and returning to MF as soon as I get a reasonable weather window. I will likely be on MF for a week or so before moving to LF.
73,
Paul N1BUG
On 02/04/2018 05:05 AM, mal hamilton wrote:
Last nite results good but not unusual, had reports from
AA1A, KA1R, VE1YY
Transatlantic contacts seem a regular occurrence at present on MF between the UK and N.America
Most operators are using WSPR but more CW both normal and QRSS would be welcome like it used to be some years ago, ie real QSO mode
73 de mal/g3kev/io94sh
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Paul
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