This evening the other station that I have been having a weekly hour testing session with, met on 160 meters tonight. The QRN levels are not bad (for 160), but there were static crashes over S9.
We used Domino EX/FEC at the 11 baud speed to start and had good luck. We then moved up to DEX22/FEC and still found pretty good quality print although there were some hits for some of the static crashes. We then attempted to use 100 wpm, 1000 Hz wide MT-63. Very poor results. Now I did not change my transmitter power and got very little print from me. He normalized his power for 40 watts average and even then his print on my end was very poor. I would get a few characters such as callsign exchange, but miss a dozen or more characters in a row. We were forced to go back to DEX22/FEC and finished up there. I do want to try the ALE mode since it was incorporated into Multipsk. I downloaded the program and I think I understand how to connect to another station. Anyone on tonight yet? 160 and up. Butternut vertical ground mounted here. Also, on 80 meters, NVIS inverted vee dipole. Any Technician hams planning to operate CW or digital or voice on Friday? 73, Rick, KV9U
