[Elecraft] FWD: FUN! - 10 Meter POP: May 28 + 29

[Walter Underwood]

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wunder
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Walter Underwood
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> On May 14, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Jack Spitznagel <sancho at frawg.org> wrote:
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> All,
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> I am forwarding a note from Ev Tupis, W2EV - the chief concept engineer and cheerleader of the PropNET project. I would urge all interested folks to join in the 10 meter POP (play-on PropNET) over the Memorial Day weekend. Please check out the new software (ACDS) that  Jeff Steinkamp, N7YG and the PropNET alpha team have fine tuned over the last year.
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> Two serious KX3 Elecrafter's, Ron, W7HD and myself have been involved in this effort for quite some time. On top of the development effort, we have learned a huge amount about the behavior of the 10M band over the last several years and would welcome some extra participation to expand our observations. For some great observations about 10 meters based on the PropNET and WSPRnet projects see:
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> Thanks for considering this great opportunity.
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> Jack KD4IZ
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> Some people think that sub-100 level solar flux levels that dip into the "high 80's" means "death to 10 meters". Others say "Bullocks!"  What's the TRUTH?
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> Those that have yet to try: you have 2 weeks to power-up using PropNET's ACDS^31 client (http://www.PropNET.org) and prepare to POP (Play On PropNET)!  Let's ALL get on for the upcoming "Memorial Day Weekend" (May 28) in the (USA) and Make Magic Happen!
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> I'll be taking screen shots of our web maps all weekend long to show others what can be done simply by pressing that TX button.
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> What to do now?  Easy!  Download the latest ACDS^31 client from http://www.propnet.org/ and activate ahead of time to get the wrinkles (if any) worked out.  If you are a soundcard mode operator...there should be no wrinkles. ;-)
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> ACDS^31 will configure you as an Automatically Controlled Digital Station (FCC Part 97.221).  Let it run 24-hours a day and it will control your station as if you were there.
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> If you live in a country where this is not possible...no worries! There is a feature of ACDS^31 that will screen-prompt you to press (ENTER) every 90 minutes.  If you don't, it goes into RX-only (Lurk) mode.
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> DO NOT set to RX-only (Lurk) mode.  Allow ACDS^31 to have your station auto-ID every 10 minutes (6x per hours) using both PSK31 *and* CW.  That way, even non-PSK31 folks can park on 28.119 and human-decode ID's over a 10 minute period to see where the band is open, too!
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> By the way, you can set your station to ID every 5 minutes (12x per hour) and it would be even better.  REALLY!  ACDS^31 includes RX-before-TX QRM avoidance technology!
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> After that...watch the "Dashboard" tab each day.  It will map "band heat".  That is an index that is designed to chart signals in the waterfall vs. time-of-day.
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> Additionally, explore the TEXT MESSAGE feature!  You can setup ACDS^31 to send you a text message if/when your station decodes DX!  This unique feature is a first-person alert of the DX that YOUR station hears...IN REAL TIME.
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> Feel free to FORWARD THIS E-MAIL to other lists that you belong to.  Because of our QRM-avoidance technology, we have yet to find an upper limit to the number of TXing PropNET stations that the waterfall can support. ;-)
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> Get ready to POP on the "Long Weekend" that starts at 0000z 28 May 2016!
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> Cheers,
> Ev, W2EV
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