[Lowfer] CW Beacon Now On-74.549 kHz...

[Bob Raide]

JD;
Don't judge the performance of WSPR the other day with my sigs!  The program would not recognize my freqs and it got all messed up. I won't come back with it on this band until it gets straightened and the will give it another try!  73 for now, Bob
 
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> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:40:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] CW Beacon Now On-74.549 kHz...
> 
> I understand, Bob.  From my perspective, QRSS and DFCW are better examples 
> of "real" radio anyhow, because they require human interaction to read and 
> interpret.  WSPR is basically a machine communication protocol, not really a 
> transmission mode.  Nobody seems to use the real underlying JT mode itself 
> for either beaconing or station-to-station contacts on LF.
> 
> Sure, I can see the benefit of a propagation reporting system, although it's 
> something which ought to be done on a consistent and more or less scheduled 
> basis, as on HF.  But that's really not how people use WSPR at LF.  It seems 
> more like a way of collecting confirmation of half-contacts with mostly 
> unattended radios and computers.  I personally can't get enthused about a 
> protocol that requires users to feel they have to be connected to the 
> Internet to get full benefit.  "Have your machine call my machine and we'll 
> exhange a signal report some time."  Kind of defeats the point of radio, 
> IMO.
> 
> None the less, since that's what folks enjoy doing, I'll try not be a 
> curmudgeon and actually practice tuning in WSPR-15 myself somehow.  Given 
> that I can't get Internet service where I listen, bugs in the reporting 
> software are no problem for me anyway! ;>)
> 
> If anyone within daytime coverage range (or night, if it ever gets quiet 
> enough again here) wants to schedule some WSPR-15 and doesn't care that 
> automatic spot reporting may not work, please post a day or so in advance if 
> possible.  As with Bob's Friday test, I'm sure real live people will be glad 
> to post results, even if the 'net lets you down.
> 
> John D 
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