[Lf] [Fwd: LF: Re: Transatlantic QRSS]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Peter Dodd wrote:

> Alan Melia
> >....... If I can copy 10mW QRSS (40 sec dots) from Marco over the Alps and over France
> > at 900kms..........
>
> Alan seems to be having some success with receiving Marco. Up to now
> I have seen nothing from Marco yet when I had a 73kHz/136kHz with
> I5TGC Alan could not see Cesare. But what we are learning is the
> effectiveness of the technique; and the variability of conditions. At
> the we have not been able to correlate the reception of of a distant
> QRP station with the magnetic activity from the sun, if there is an R
> in the month or observations of QRO commercial stations.
>
> So, as Alan implies, the same QRSS techniques used with amateur QRO
> (circa 1w erp) stations could be used to bridge the 'pond' at any
> time provided conditions were reasonable. The obvious solution would
> be to monitor a station running in beacon mode with QRSS keying.
> >From our experience this requires a lot of very close liaison with
> the those involved on both sides of the Atlantic and up to now I have
> not seen much evidence of this, although I would be the first to
> agree that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
>
> I don't think that you have to mount large 'DXpedition' stations to
> succeed in bridging the pond - patience, liaison and application with
> the equipment and knowhow we already possess should be enough.
>
> --
> Regards, Peter, G3LDO
>
> <g3ldo at zetnet.co.uk>