[Meteor-Scatter] Perseids and operating procedures!

[paul]

In message <MCEGJAGLPDHKNOEFKFIIGEHKCFAA.tread@bigroup.freeserve.co.uk>, 
Tony Read <tread@bigroup.freeserve.co.uk> writes

Hi Tony

>Heres my 2 cents worth.
>
>Get Joe K1JT to write a hscw visual decode program along the lines of MSDSP,
>that allow CW ops to work normally and non CW ops to view the info on the
>screen.
>That way we can all go back down the band into the MS section around
>144.100.

I wonder if anyone would use it in favour of msdsp? I've not been able 
to fault msdsp. I suppose if HSCW mode was bundled in the WSJT suite it 
might make some people try it out of curiosity.

<snip>

>Maybe the HSCW ops (me included) should now start to try running at the
>higher speed used in the US say 5000-8000lpm make loads of qso and spot them
>on CLX to show that there really is little difference in completed qso on
>either mode.



About 12 months ago someone else suggested this and I remember thinking, 
oh no! that's the end of hscw for me (I admit that I need  lots of hscw 
practice) but now, I agree entirely. Most of the short refl that FSK441 
decodes in 40-100ms would result in useful decodes by ear. But that 
raises a question of it's own, do you think that someone who was using a 
package like "wsjt-cw" would be any more likely to observe correct 
operating practice and set up their equipment any better than they would 
for "wsjt-fsk441"?

Anyone looking forward to 43 second periods offset by 11 seconds from 
UTC and occupying +/- 20Khz on 144.100?  :-)

Surely etiquette and ethos are needed not a different software package, 
communicating the principles to newcomers in a positive friendly way is 
perhaps a better solution?

Yup.. up the bandwidth / speed is a good move, but please don't shorten 
the period :-)

>
>In 6 months of operating WSJT I believe that all the qso I have completed
>could have been completed on HSCW might just take 10 mins more.

Well I'm willing to give that a go, but you might need to be a little 
patient with me.

Regards
-- 
Paul GW8IZR IO73TI
http://www.gw8izr.com