Topband: 1810.8 carrier found.

[Bill Cromwell]

Once upon a time they called that 'coherent' cw. I started looking into 
it and saw the dreadful results. I wrote it off as quite impractical 
away back then. It was not only terribly slow but relied on somebody 
else's transmitter, not even the other ham, to make the whole thing 
work. Like the gps 'disciplined' timebases used for that nonsense today. 
Sure it gets some kind of results. But none that are actually useful - 
beyond amusing some radio experimenters. They have been experimenting 
for quite a while now and it hasn't improved any. I'm hoping they'll get 
it to the point of useable but it isn't looking good. They really do 
have to transmit all night and all they get across is their ID and maybe 
their location.

When I want to order a pizza I would like to have it today.

73,

Bill  kU8H


On 03/31/2014 12:35 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> That's interesting, and brings to mind a question I've been wondering about
> for low-data-rate weak signal modes such as JT65, JT9 (which take 60
> seconds to send a CQ), and QRSS (24 hours?!).
>
> In the real world on 160, what would any of these modes really gain for an
> operator already skilled in CW?
>
> >From reading posts about JT9 and JT65 on 160, the distance gain over
> ordinary CW is really nothing to write home about. Does anyone have any
> real-word experiences that say otherwise?
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Lee K7TJR <k7tjr at msn.com> wrote:
>
>>    ... the carrier on 1810.8 KHz has been found. ...  a ham running QRSS
>> where it takes 24 hours to send a CQ.  HuH?
>>
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