Hi Paul,
I'll stay on WSPR on 630m this night i think. Need some more sleep!
Let's see how the condx improve (or not).
73, Stefan
Am 09.02.2018 15:20, schrieb N1BUG:
Will anyone in Europe be QRV tonight?
Here is last night's report:
Prior to 0300z QSB on the trans-Atlantic path was not as fast or deep
as the previous night, but signals were still not up to levels seen on
good nights. QSB became extremely fast after 0300z and signal strength
dropped sharply. It is a shame we have been so unlucky with conditions
this week. Imagine what could be accomplished with this level of JT9
activity on one of the better nights !
I completed a second QSO with G3KEV. I had logged him at 2317z after
receiving a 73 but it didn't appear Mal considered this complete. He
later called again and it was much better. I logged this one at 0015z.
I was called by OR7T who sent me a -26 report, but I lost him in QSB.
I note that Rik has given me -19 on WSPR on several occasions.
Propagation was clearly many dB down from the best nights, as the
report on JT9 should be the same as WSPR given same conditions (plus
or minus a bit for uncertainty in the decoder's S/N calculation).
DK7FC was in for hours, peaking -18, but only heard me once and we
could not complete. Stefan had a pile up of North American stations
calling.
On JT9 I logged G3KEV, WB4JWM, VE7CNF, and K9SLQ. I had a very easy CW
QSO with K9KFR (559/569). I almost completed on CW with VE7SL twice
but I was at a disadvantage trying to manipulate settings on the SDR
as conditions changed. I am well aware of the many advantages of SDR
but for me the human interface is so poor that I lose QSOs when
auroral copy is required. I am not adept with a keyboard or mouse
despite spending many hours at a computer every day.
I remain on MF until at least Wednesday, perhaps longer.
73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf
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