Re: LF: 137kHz Transatlantic QSO

[DK7FC <selberdenken@posteo.de>]

My congrats David and Paul, well done!

73, Stefan

Am 07.03.2019 02:08, schrieb David Bowman:
> I was very pleased this evening 06/March/19 to complete a JT9-1 QSO 
> with Paul N1BUG on 137kHz.
> Paul and I have been trying almost nightly for the past 3 weeks 
> overcoming many problems along the way.
> Finally we succeeded, with reports of -21 for me, while N1BUG was -27 
> in IO91FR (4842km)
> I should also like to say thanks to Rik ON7YD.  A few days ago I 
> downloaded SlowJT9 v0.9.16.0.  I ran this, with "multiple decodes" 
> switched on and had WSJT-X running parallel.
> During the 12 minute QSO, SlowJT9 decoded 5 sequences from Paul at -27 
> while WSJT-X missed 2 of the 5. Both programmes reported the same 
> signal levels. Audio for transmit was taken from WSJT.
> - Rik. I have saved the decoded files as you requested. when I find 
> out where they are, I will forward them to you.
> Since making a crossband TA QSO (137k to 14MHz) in Sept 2000, a 2-way 
> QSO has been a long term ambition. This is one ticked off the bucket 
> list. Thanks Paul for the dedication and perseverance.
> 73
>
> David  G0MRF