[Lowfer] WM

[Andy - KU4XR]

On Sun, 2/7/16, Garry <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 

 Mike,.......
 I think the FSK "WM" adds unnecessary clutter and simple
 QRSS30 would be  better. Despite a rather strong signal this morning (visible
 at rate  QRSS3), the visual "WM" does not stand out well on my
 captures. It seems  to be composed of frequency steps that are too large and infrequent.
 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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Good day all: My observations and comments... My local noise level was low, and the 
usual powerline buzz was not a huge problem.. But, propagation seemed to be down
overall thru the night, and the usual sunrise peak ... well, it didn't... " SJ " was in for
the most of the night, and did get very strong near sunrise here... I only saw 2 verifiable
" TAG " sequences.. one close to 11 pm EST, and one near 3 am EST.. the rest of the night
just saw several intermittent traces...
On " WM " .. copy was very light here, and as Garry mentioned; The QRSS was readable, 
but the Graphical Font is not optimum for LF use... 
** My personal preference here ** ... Consider dropping the QRSS, and " Go Back " to the
Graphical only sequence.. and optimize the timing for a longer integration period...
The original " WM " graphic was easily readable... I assume that the U3 is using a
hellschrieber font... and most likely was not chosen with LF in mind.. 
But, I echo Garry's comment again... It is transmitting, and making it to Friendsville, TN.

73 : Andy - XR