[Lowfer] XGR QSO Sunday Night

[J. B. Weazle McCreath]

Hi Jay, John, Lowfers,

Pretty good copy on you fellows this evening.  No freezing rain here yet,
but the forecast isn't good.  I hope morning will bring me no disaster like
last spring when every one of my wire antennas came down in an ice
storm!  Here's my copy of your QSO:


D+4GIEOI LSEEEFT SDR7OEETNR TONICEMKEIT DL7SBS9N STCSTID2..... at BGR/2
DEI5E2XGR/3 RR FB COPY JAY. NOW IN PSKFEC31 MODE. NO REAL FADES IN YOUR LAST
MESSAGE, SO NO BIG TEST OF DEGRADED COPY HERE. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
ANY
REPORTS FROM THE GANG. YES, I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED THE FEC FOR GOOD
PERFORMANCE BOTH HERE AND ON 137. OF COURSE, IT DOES PULL DOWN THE DATA
RATE,
BUT AT LEAST UP HERE, WE'VE GOT BETTER SNR TO SUPPORT THIS HIGHER RATE.
WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOME OF THESE COMPARISONS AT 137. HW COPY? XGR/2
DE XGR/3 BKI$REP3E$....WE2XGR/3 DE WE2XGR/2 RR FB JOHN.  3R4RY ASHOME90
THERE
NEVER SEEMS TO BE ANY WORRY THAT PSKFEC31 WILL SYNC UP. SEEMS LIKE IT'S
ALWAYS
RIGHT THERE. SPEEDS APPEAR TO BE QUITE SIMILAR...AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
YOU TOOK A COUPLE GOOD DIVES AND I MISSED JUST A FEW CHARACTERS. CERTAINLY
NOT ENUFF TO AFFECT THE MESSAGE. NOT SURE HOW MUCH ICE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET
TONIGHT SO I MAY HAVE TO LOWER THE TOP HAT LATER THIS EVENING. GUESS THAT'S
ONE MORE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOOP! HW COPY? BKCF 8IA7I#TTEL.....WE2XGR/2 DE
WE2XGR/3 RR AGAIN SOLID. YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING.O HAVE THIS SORT
OF ERROR CORRECTION IN A LITTLE SLOWER DATA RATE, MAYBE 10 BITS/SEC.  LD BE
A LITTLE STODGY, BUT MIGHT HAVE REAL POTENTIAL AT 13K   THE MFSK8 MODE DOES
HAVE ONE ADVANTAGE FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN THAT IT HAS LOWER CASE
CHARACTERS, WHICH THIS ONE DOESN'T. WX EXPECTED HERE HAS A LITTLE MORE SNOW,
BUT STILL WITH A CHANGEOVER...MAN, I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO LOWER THAT LOOP
OF MINE! HW COPY? BKOTTIEDC G......WE2XGR/3 DE WE2XGR/2 RR SOLID COPY EVEN
THROUGH SEVERAL DEEP FADES. OKAY ON LOWER CASE LETTERS - DIDN'T THINK ABOUT
THAT BUT IT MAY BE IMPORTANT. THIS LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE AN OLD TELEGRAM HI!
YES, I'M SURE LETTING YOUR LOOP DOWN WOULD BE AN ORDEAL. DROPPING THE TOP
HAT IS NOT THAT BAD. I HAVE ROPES AND PULLEYS - ONLY TAKES ABOUT FIVE
MINUTES.
ANYWAY, GUESS WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OUR TEST FOR TONIGHT. HOPE WE HAVE SOM
PISTENERS THAT WILL SEND THEIR REPORTS. I'M THINKING THAT THE MFSK8 WIL
MAKE A GOOD ACCOUNTING OF ITSELF...WE'LL SEE. 73, GE AND THANKS FOR THE QSO.
WE2XGR/3 DE WE2XGR/2 BKC SG BLGETNRN A DR/2 DE XGR/3EECLID AGN, JAY.
THE BCNWAY TO LOWER THIS LOOP WOULD BE WITH A CHAIN SAW! TNX FOR THE QSO,
AND 'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOME BEACON TESTS TO REALLY PROVE THE WINNER.
73 AND GE. WE2XGR/2 DE WE2XGR/3 GE

73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
Solar and wind powered
Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
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