[Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

[Wes Stewart]

Why not just use CW (or even SSB)?

Disclaimer.  I have zero experience with 6M MS.  That said, I have confirmed 
QSOs with every continental state west of the Mississippi and a few east on 2M 
MS (or tropo) :-)

Wes  N7WS

On 12/5/2018 12:08 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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