[Lowfer] " XR " WSPRing tonite

[lloyd chastant]

I'd like to give you one of those WOW's  but no copyhr yet..
Lloyd

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Andy - KU4XR <ku4xr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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