[Lowfer] /16 on 507.00kc beaconing CW (heard in NE Oregon)

[Mike WE0H]

Perfect copy Steve!!! 'WE' is what I used to send on 1750 meters a few 
years back. Nice & short 2 letter thing. Another I send is WEOH with a 
letter O rather than my Amateur callsign. Everyone picks that one up 
when written down. Later this winter when the static settles down, I 
will be sending a CW story kind of like a Mystery Theater story. That 
would be a bit tough to get complete copy in noisy conditions so I won't 
torture anyone during the summer static season. Lyle K0LR used to have 
fun decoding my strange 1750 band messages. Sometimes it took his days 
to get all of it but we had fun back then. Of course I had to change the 
message once he figured it out so it wasn't boring the next time he was 
listening...hi hi...

Mike
WE0H
/16


Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
> Thursday night static was high but I eventually had /6 on 506.350 at 
> 0445 utc; usual strong /12 at 0449 utc on 505.40; and after 20 minutes 
> of listening, /16 at 0526 utc on 507.00. Note to Mike: please change 
> beacon message to something useful!! Sending 99 " WE"'s conveys no 
> useful information, when  one "/16" is sent only every couple of 
> minutes and static wipes it out every time!! Rather sending 99 "/16" 
> and one "WE" would have allowed me to copy /16 much quicker!!!
> My satellite internet was down all evening, so couldn't send this 
> until this morning.
> Steve
> NE Oregon
> R75, longwires