[50mhz] 6M ISCAT

[Lowell White]

OK. Thanks Lance & Joe, I appreciate your insights. I had indeed wondered if I
was picking up beacon activity... thrown a little by "RRR", "OO", an d"OOO"
prints plus some valid-loking "73 messages" ... though I was suspicious of
some of the callsigns generated. 

I will chalk it up to gaining some experience and mistakenly picking up
beacons.

73,

Lowell
K9LDW


------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:22:24 PM CDT
From: Joe - WDØM <wd0m at wd0m.com>
To: w7gj at q.comCc: Lowell White <whiteld at usa.net>, 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6M ISCAT

> Hi Lance and Lowell,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I've run 50.260 with WSJT7 before and had good 
> luck on HSMS.  Don't want to step on toes by using that frequency since 
> - I believe - WSJT7 and WSJT8 modes are not compatible.  I'll be out of 
> town for a few days, and when I return I'll give it a try.  Ping Jockey 
> may be the place to go top set up QSOs.
> 
> 73 all,
> 
> Joe
> WDØM
> 
> 
> On 6/30/2010 3:17 PM, Lance Collister, W7GJ wrote:
> > I suspect those were false decodes caused by either local birdies, QRN 
> > or CW beacons. In the USA, the FCC has restricted 50.000 to 50.100 as 
> > "CW ONLY".  Most digital operation on 6m is currently above 50.230, 
> > and the meteor scatter calling frequency is 50.260.
> >
> > That having been said, it is my hope that as ISCAT develops into a 
> > more widely used mode for 6m DXing, it will find its way either into 
> > the existing accepted CW and SSB "DX window" from 50.100 to 50.125, or 
> > perhaps in a new "Digital DX Window" somewhere else (possibly 
> > something like 50.225 to 50.250).
> >
> > GL and VY 73, Lance
> >
> > On 6/30/2010 8:34 PM, Lowell White wrote:
> >> Hello Joe&  the group,
> >>
> >> I am not sure about that... but it was the only freq where I seemed 
> >> to be
> >> getting decoding prints to happen. Perhaps someone better versed in 
> >> it can
> >> indicate if there are preferred frequencies.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Lowell
> >> K9LDW
> >>
> >> ------ Original Message ------
> >> Received: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:32:48 PM CDT
> >> From: Joe - WDØM<wd0m at wd0m.com>
> >> To: Lowell White<whiteld at usa.net>Cc: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
> >> Subject: Re: [50mhz] 6M ISCAT
> >>
> >>> I just downloaded the new WSJT program this morning, but haven't tried
> >>> ISCAT.  Is 50.012 the typical frequency for operations?  I haven't 
> >>> found
> >>> that information in the manual or online.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>> Joe
> >>> WDØM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 6/30/2010 2:15 PM, Lowell White wrote:
> >>>> I was quite pleased to try out ISCAT on 6M... seemed to 
> >>>> particularly find
> >>>> activity on 50.012 (if memory serves) and appear to have copied a fair
> >> number
> >>>> of stations.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have text snags of what was copied and some WAV captures (from my 
> >>>> SDR)
> >>>> though no formal IQ files.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll toy with it more as time permits but my initial indications fo
> >> rISCAT
> >>>> mode are VERY positive.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lowell
> >>>> K9LDW
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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