In my opinion, although it works great on 6m, where high-speed meteor
scatter techniques really shine (no pun intended) is when used on 2m and
1.25m bands. There are frequently enough longer pings and burns on 6m
that SSB can be used effectively, especially during meteor showers.
Many new (and old!) hams aren't even aware of meteor scatter at all and
don't realise that it makes working real DX on all of the VHF bands a
routine, daily event. Sure, you can't do it with a FM handheld and rubber
duck, but with a 100W or more and a reasonable single-yagi antenna, QSO's
in the 800-1000 mile range can be made year-round.
Perhaps a little off-topic for the Elecraft list-server, but always worth
mentioning!
73 Chris (pingjockey.net webmaster)
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73 Chris Cox, N0UK, G4JEC
chr...@chris.org
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018, Jim Brown wrote:
> While MS QSOs can be made with random CQing on 50.260, most are
> scheduled via Ping Jockey or ON4KST chat. There's a learning curve to
> operating MS, and QSOs via MS can take a while to complete. It's not
> unusual for it to take 30 minutes for "rocks" to align in the space
> between QSO partners to provide the reflections for pings that WSJT-X
> decodes to complete all the steps of the QSO.
>
> MS is NOT a good mode for QRP, and while QSOs can be made with 100W,
> more power increases the likelihood of a good ping and shortens the time
> it takes to complete.
>
> If you're chasing grids on 6M, MS is a great way to fill in those that
> are beyond the range of tropospheric propagation and too close for
> E-skip. The limit for MS is about 1,300 miles, and even that distance
> requires great rocks, high power, decent antennas, great ops, and
> persistence.
>
> MS is one of the propagation modes for which the exchange format and
> progress of WSJT mode QSOs was developed, and it is rigidly followed.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 12/5/2018 9:00 AM, Mike Cizek W0VTT wrote:
> > MSK144 on 50.260 WSJT-X v2.0 More info here:
> > https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
> > You will find the Ping Jockey chatroom very friendly and helpful:
> > https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk
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