[Lowfer] WE2XGR/2 & /3 to test new ZL1BPU/ZL2AFP MSK

[Bill de Carle]

At 10:05 AM 7/22/2010, Jay wrote:
>CORRECTION!
>
>WE2XGR/2 and /3 will be testing the new (and still under 
>development) ZL1BPU/ZL2AFP MSK software
>tonight beginning at 0000Z. The schedule is as follows:
>
>WE2XGR/2 will be running a beacon in FEC mode, 31 baud, from ~ 0000 
>- 0100Z on 510.2 kHz
>
>WE2XGR/3 will be running a beacon in non FEC mode, 31 baud,  from ~ 
>0000 - 0100Z on 510.5 kHz
>
>At 0100Z both stations will be on 510.5 kHz and carry out a QSO 
>starting out in non FEC mode and
>likely switching to FEC mode along the way.

Monitored both 510.2 and 510.5 starting at 0000z.
Nothing decoded until 0050z (although I'd swear I could *hear* 
something in there) - then all of a sudden the tuning eye started 
looking good and it decoded about 10 minutes of essentially perfect 
copy, then faded out again to garbage.
The message was:

WE2XGR/2 Burlington CT testing MSK31 FEC mode...
etc for many lines.

Nothing was heard or decoded on 510.5 Khz tonight.

At 0100z I switched to non-FEC on 510.5 and still nothing 
decoded.  There does not seem to be any particular QRM here on 510.5, 
so dunno why nothing received.  Maybe it needs the FEC mode?  While 
printing correctly the signal was just barely audible here.

Neat program!  Ran fine on an old 130 Mhz laptop on Win-95.  I expect 
it would work better on LF though.
thanks for the test!

73,
Bill VE2IQ