[Lowfer] " XR " WSPRing tonite

[Andy - KU4XR]

WOW, WOW, WOW !!! Oh, and did I remember to say WOW !!! Thanks Jay !!
Man that makes me feel good, and please forgive my childlike thrill..
713 miles !! YEEEE-HAAAA... This is like the way I felt when after
days of trying to get a TA decode on 160 meters; it finally happened.
This morning, before checking my emails, I had almost convinced myeslf
that WSPR was a washed out idea, and was thinking about giving up,
because in my limited understanding of the digimodes, and their thruput,
I thought that WSPR being FSK, and with a baud rate around 1.8, and 
error correction would have the best chance of getting thru at LF..
There may be a better mode, I don't know.. But it would have to be able
to deal with some frequency drift with this old radio.

Garry: Thanks for looking.. At least seeing a weak signal in the 
waterfall display is encouraging...

BTW; I am not fudging on the power output.. It is set at 1 watt DC.
can't say that the temptation to " crank it up some " hasn't crossed
my shoulders.. you know; the 2 little guys standing 1 on each shoulder
wispering in my ear... :>{     ( psssst; I hear voices... ) 

On a parting note for this post; Unless there are records that I can't
find on the WSPRnet site; It looks like I may be the first Part-15
beacon on 1750 meters to be decoded... That is also a big feeling of 
accomplishment.. Won't win any awards I don't suppose, but it's exciting.

73 everyone, and have a great day:


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA

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--- On Fri, 12/10/10, jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] " XR " WSPRing tonite
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:25 AM
> Andy
> 
> Finally pulled one out ... spot uploaded to database.
> 
> 2010-12-10
> 11:16   XR4TN   0.185701   -27   0   EM75xr   +30   1.000   W1VD   FN31is   1148   713
> 
> Congrats!
> 
> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
> 
>