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> From: John Stengrevics <
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter
> Date: December 5, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM EST
> To: Wes Stewart <
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> MSK144 decodes FAR more efficiently than what is possible on CW or SSB, Mind you, there’s nothing wrong with those modes. But digital works better.
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> 73,
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> John
> WA1EAZ
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>> On Dec 5, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Wes Stewart <
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>> Why not just use CW (or even SSB)?
>>
>> Disclaimer. I have zero experience with 6M MS. That said, I have confirmed QSOs with every continental state west of the Mississippi and a few east on 2M MS (or tropo) :-)
>>
>> Wes N7WS
>>
>> On 12/5/2018 12:08 PM, 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
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