[600MRG] WSQ moving again (new dial of 476.5 kHz)

[Neil Klagge]

QST QST.....

To all those interested in trying out WSQCall on 630 meters:

Some of us in the Pacific NW will be sliding up another 900 hertz tonight. Mark VA7MM (not VE7) and I had a nice long chat on WSQ last evening but Mark noted problems decoding me with local JT9 operations causing spurs at that frequency. We then moved up 900 hertz to a clearer spot and had 100% copy both ways for the rest of the QSO.

So… “w0yse” will be running a WSQCall beacon from about sunset to sunrise (but, not TX-ing if I am away from the house) on 478.0 (with a USB DIAL on 476.5 kHz) for those who want to try this program at their stations. If you decode my beacon, you can trigger my station to give you a signal report by typing the following (all lower case) w0yse? which asks my program to send out a signal report to you. If I am in the shack and see that you are decoding me, I might try a QSO with you, if you like.

Note that call signs in this program are case sensitive so there must be a perfect match with whatever an operator uses in the callsign box (under OPTIONS or TOOLS, depending on which version you are using). Another command you can use is w0yse@ which will transmit my QTH info.

In order to decode a station, both must be set to the SAME speed (unlike FSQcall). I will likely be at a speed of .5 except when in QSO with a station with good prop between us.

You can find a link to the program on this page:
 http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MFSK/WSQweb.htm
where you will also find information on how and what the program is all about. It is a QSO mode program that, although slow printing (about 5 wpm), works down to about -28 dB similar to JT9, but with much more flexibility.

I also have an internet chat page to help you get it working by interacting with others on WSQ. Go to  http://www.dal.net:9090<http://www.dal.net:9090/>
and type in your call (or a nickname) and select #wsq as the chat channel. I will try to check it more frequently this session. I had too many screens to look at last night, so I may have missed somebody….sorry…

Thanks, good luck and 73
Neil Klagge, w0yse, Vancouver, WA




73
Neil, w0yse, CN85rq
Vancouver, WA

My ham radio websites: http://w0yse.webs.com/ and http://wg2xsv.webs.com
<http://wg2xsv.webs.com>
My Faith website: http://neilsfaith.webs.com/
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