[Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

[Jim Brown]

While MS QSOs can be made with random CQing on 50.260, most are 
scheduled via Ping Jockey or ON4KST chat. There's a learning curve to 
operating MS, and QSOs via MS can take a while to complete. It's not 
unusual for it to take 30 minutes for "rocks" to align in the space 
between QSO partners to provide the reflections for pings that WSJT-X 
decodes to complete all the steps of the QSO.

MS is NOT a good mode for QRP, and while QSOs can be made with 100W, 
more power increases the likelihood of a good ping and shortens the time 
it takes to complete.

If you're chasing grids on 6M, MS is a great way to fill in those that 
are beyond the range of tropospheric propagation and too close for 
E-skip.  The limit for MS is about 1,300 miles, and even that distance 
requires great rocks, high power, decent antennas, great ops, and 
persistence.

MS is one of the propagation modes for which the exchange format and 
progress of WSJT mode QSOs was developed, and it is rigidly followed.

73, Jim K9YC

On 12/5/2018 9:00 AM, Mike Cizek W0VTT wrote:
> MSK144 on 50.260  WSJT-X v2.0  More info here:
> https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
> You will find the Ping Jockey chatroom very friendly and helpful:
> https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk