[600MRG] WSQ QSO's at KU4XR 3-31-18

[Brian Pease]

Maybe your virus software can tell you what it thinks it has detected?
MS Security Essentials (up to date) hasn't complained.
On 4/1/2018 1:14 PM, Dick Bingham wrote:
> Greetings all !
>
> I just sent the following message to Neil explaining my puzzlement 
> about WSQCALL issues.
>
>
> Any ideas what may have happened ? I am using a DELL Latitude E6510 
> laptop computer
> and win-7 SW.
>
> 73 Dick/w7wkr CN97uj
> ===========================
> Neil
>
> Well, it looks like something is messed up here. I closed the*WSQCal v 
> 1.20* program and a bit later I tried to restart the program only to 
> discover it was GONE! I looked at the contents of what was in the 
> *C:\\Radio\wsqcall1.20* folder and found the application-file for the 
> WSQCALL was missing.
>
> I accessed the original downloaded/zipped-file to reinstall the single 
> missing application software file but had no success. Each time I 
> tried there was a momentary message saying the security SW did something.
>
> I deleted all residue of the remaining WSQCALL v-1.20 software and 
> tried downloading another copy and observed a message at the bottom of 
> the screen saying*WSQCALv1.20.zip failed - virus detected*
> *
> *
> Looks like I am shut-down until an explanation of what is happening is 
> found ! The little fire-of-excitement lit by yours and others emails 
> about WSQCALL activity has been extinguished by the 'fates'.
>
> 73 Dick/w7wkr
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Murray Greenman <denwood at orcon.net.nz 
> <mailto:denwood at orcon.net.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Andy,
>     Thanks for the information about your WSQ activity. Fascinating! I
>     would like to learn more details.
>
>     Since I'm not conversant with where the stations you list are,
>     could you give me some indication of where they are relative to
>     you, and what distances are involved? I imagine time zones would
>     be a big factor. It's our experience here that in order to work VK
>     on 630 metres means rather late nights!
>
>     Also, it's not entirely clear what mode the operators were using.
>     I see some of your exchanges have partial call signs, some have no
>     checksums, others use capital letters, others repeat their call
>     signs in the body of the message. Perhaps this is simply
>     unfamiliarity with the WSQCall mode. Could you confirm that you
>     are using WSQCall V1.20? If you are, could you send me your
>     Message Log and Locator Log? And what exact dial frequency are you
>     using?
>
>     I'm really impressed with all the activity you have there. Here,
>     it's a good night if I work one station 300 km away and maybe hear
>     or work a VK 2000 km away. There are just so few stations here on
>     630 metres.
>
>     73,
>     Murray ZL1BPU
>
>
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