[Lowfer] XGR QSO Sunday Night

[Steve Dove]

Hi John, Jay,

Thank you for the test!

Have left about half-and-half up on 'Grabulator II' for your 
delectation.

MKSK8 was nice, but the *slightest* disturbance and it 
stumbled, and the latency was obvious;  PSKFEC31 was 
superior, at least here.

Conditions about as good as it gets:  only infrequent storm 
noise crashes, BIG signals, next to no fading with none of 
it deep.  Can we do this again under the normal grotty 
circumstances, please?

         Cheers,

                 Steve


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John Andrews wrote:
> Jay and I will do another of our 2-part QSO's tonight at 0200 UTC (9 PM 
> EST) on 508.500 kHz. We will start with MFSK8, and switch to PSKFEC31 
> around 0210 UTC. MFSK8 has a listed bandwidth of 316 Hz, and has some 
> forward error correction. Thus far, PSKFEC31 has shown the best 
> performance during fades, with a quick re-sync if the signal is lost. 
> Both MFSK8 and PSKFEC31 are available in F6CTE's MultiPSK. MFSK8 
> decoders may be found in other programs as well.
> 
> If we get any significant icing from the storm tonight prior to the QSO, 
> plans may change.
> 
> John Andrews, W1TAG / WE2XGR/3
>