LF: Re: [rsgb-lf-group] 137kHz Transatlantic QSO

[N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>]

May I say it was a pleasure and privilege to provide this long
awaited and much deserved QSO for David.

I am grateful for his dedication and the effort put forth to make
this happen. QSOs were one of the primary motivations for me when I
came to LF. QSOs of any sort are in short supply, DX QSOs even more so.

I add my thanks to Rik for his work with SlowJT9. I was using WSJT-X
but had SlowJT9 running in parallel. David's signal was good and
there were no difference in decodes between the two programs.

73,
Paul N1BUG


On 3/6/19 8:08 PM, David Bowman wrote:
> 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