Hi Steinar, If you check at the moment G4WGT is sending a beacon using the EME mode centered on 503.6 K , in the test last night it was very hard to stop it printing ! , thanks for your reports in the past , 73 - Graham
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, Steinar Aanesland <saa...@...> wrote: > > > Pity it is a proprietary software . I can't use it in Norway. > > 73 de LA5VNA Steinar > > > > > > On 01.05.2010 15:32, graham787 wrote: > > FIRST QSO ON 500KHz USING ROS 30 April > > > > First qso on 500 KHz using ros , G0NBD and G4WGT , initially using > > 500/16 and then eme , reducing tx power , the level that the eme mode > > started to fail was in technical terms `just silly' reducing the tx to 3 > > watts carrier power then via a 20 dB attenuator down to 30 mW to a > > 35 ft top loaded Ae that needs round 50/75 watts to produce 100 mW > > erp , ie approx 500 : 1 reduction .. reception 30 miles away by a > > similar Ae , then produced 100 % copy , depending on local noise level > > > > Later in the evening , M0BMU called G0NBD at 500/8 , a range of 200 > > miles , then follower at 100% qso over some 30 mins ending round > > 0010 local time , one final tx at 500/16 was also 100% decode , even in > > deep QSO , to the point of no audio from the speaker, the mode > > remained in lock and kept printing , each station running 100 watts. > > > > Outstanding mode Jose ! > > > > 73 G .. > > > > > > > > >