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

[Bob Raide]

JD;
Hard to beat the old standby-QRSS! 
Yes I had the wrong freq inserted but later on I tried it with 1610 inserted and used "other" for the band-still no go.  I think you mentioned "lie to it" Of course that would work but it ain't the right way!  
I can live without it for a while-I think you can too! Bob
 
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> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:56:56 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] CW Beacon Now On-74.549 kHz...
> 
> >>> 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'm not really objecting to its performance, Bob.  Although, from what I saw 
> a couple of weeks ago in a test of WSPR 2 on HF, performance is not all that 
> hot, either.  QRSS3 would have worked, where WSPR 2 just plain didn't.
> 
> As for the frequency situation, I suspect "that's not a bug, it's a feature" 
> applies here.  The idea of WSPR 15 is apparently to go slower and narrower 
> than the HF modes, from what I've read, and in 15 you don't use but roughly 
> an eighth as much space.  The program only examines a 25 Hz band for 
> signals, so they shifted the default for 15 mode to just above the original 
> 200 Hz slot, leaving it clear for the faster modes.  If you choose a tone 
> between 1600 and 1625, it looks like it ought to work.
> 
> >>> Maybe some people like you and I can try WSPR on for size in *real* 
> >>> QSOs.
> 
> That's the philosophical problem I have with it, Bill.  You _can't_ QSO with 
> WSPR.  It's not a communication mode in and of itself, it's a propagation 
> reporting protocol.  Call sign, grid, power in dBm...that's all you get to 
> stick in each transmission.  Fine for propagation spotting, sort of OK for 
> beaconing, but no QSOs.
> 
> John 
> 
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