[Lowfer] IDing

[Eric Smith]

I don’t know about some of the newer digital modes you guys are using, but with modes like QRSS or FSK wouldn’t it be possible to either:

 - insert your CW Id quickly between elements.  Say you are key down for 10 minutes for part of a digital mode transmission, then during the key up moments you could insert your CW ID quickly during the silence.  Would not impact the digital comm.

-or-

 - assuming for a moment you are using some mode that requires key down for longer than 10 minutes, couldn’t you interrupt that key down for the 5 seconds it takes to send a CW ID, then go right back to key down?  I would not think that quickly inserted ID would affect the slower mode.

??

Or is this all dumb?  Please let me know if it is.  It won’t “hurt my feelings”.

Eric KD5UWL 

> On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:21 AM, N1BUG <paul at n1bug.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree about CW IDing.
> 
> I can only speak for myself and I am probably not typical. ;-)
> 
> When I was monitoring Lowfers last winter, and when I monitor 2200m now, I always have audio routed to a speaker and turned up just enough so I can tell if there is anything to hear. If and when there is I often turn it up a bit more hoping I may catch a CW ID! Sometimes I do on 2200m. I can't say that I ever heard a Lowfer CW ID.
> 
> Actually on 2200m it's a bit tough as there is one station I hear 24/7 and that makes it hard to pick out other audible signals. But I still try.
> 
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
> 
> 
> 
>> On 12/16/2017 10:02 AM, N8OOU wrote:
>> Dave,
>> You make a good point about the CW ID. I do have that mode incorporated
>> in my WM Hifer beacon. Since I implemented it a while back, I have had
>> at least an equal number of CW reports to Digital reports.  With the
>> Hifer sending the digital ID at FSK-3 it switches fairly quickly between
>> the two.
>> Incorporating CW into my Lowfer beacon is not hard. I do have a question
>> about the timing which is the main reason I don't have it implemented.
>> I currently send an analog looking graphic ID on the Lowfer followed by
>> the digital FSK ID. That takes about 35 minutes to send, then that
>> sequence gets repeated.....  A CW ID would occur about 35 minutes apart.
>> Would a listener know to hang on that long to catch an ID? Did the
>> propagation window last that long?
>> With older beacon technology adding an additional mode would be very
>> hard to do. With today's hardware it is much easier. I have gotten more
>> reports on my Hifer sending CW. Would that also apply to the Lowfer???
>> What say the group?
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