[600MRG] XSH/20 and VK

[Laurence KL7 L]

Ive in the past asked Rudy whether was extended full maidenhead but i think he said no  - I dont get this issue of a partial bracketed decode on anyone else except Rudy (from greying memory)so I think  John TAG has something - 

Laurence -abeam ve7sl's North to Alaska

> On Aug 27, 2014, at 15:04, "John Langridge" <jlangridge at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I think what John/TAG was saying is that anything can be put into the datafield for the callsign - a tactical call, for example - and still be legal as the FCC only looks for the CW ID on the 30...  Its analogous to Mike/12 sending "/12 /12" in the QRSS waterfall but he has a aural CW ID to cover the legalities... Essentially the same situation here.
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> Rudy, I agree with John/TAG.. You could shorten the digital call to something like XSH/20 and be sure to turn your CW ID on.  I think Dick/26 did the same thing with the U3 to solve the same issue.
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> I may be missing something here and if I think of it, I will chime back in.  I receive Rudy in a single TX instant of 2 minutes as WD2XSH/20 so it may be a non-issue if you are running a current version of the software.  The two-TX cycle issue was related to the 6 digit maindenhead grid only, I believe.  
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> 73!
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> John XIQ
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> From: William E. Isakson <bill.isakson at gmail.com>
> To: 600 meter new list <600mrg at w7ekb.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] XSH/20 and VK
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> John, I think that if you cannot read more than 9 characters you do not
> really have a communication path.
> Bill
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> Bill Isakson     AC6QV
> Roseburg, Oregon USA
> bill.isakson at gmail.com
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>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:45 PM, <w1tag at charter.net> wrote:
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>> Rudy,
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>> Just a topic for conversation here...
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>> A long callsign like WD2XSH/20 requires some labor from WSPR. I believe
>> that two reception periods are necessary to get the complete call. You
>> might want to think about whether the complete callsign is really necessary
>> to identify you without ambiguity. I'd imagine that the FCC has absolutely
>> no interest in the issue...they only want a CW ID every 30 minutes. Should
>> the FCC take an interest in your signal, I doubt that they would think to
>> run WSPR software.
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>> On a very long and thready path like you are attempting, you just might
>> get a signal peak for the requisite 2 minutes. Asking for a couple of those
>> peaks to parse the callsign may be difficult. Think about trying something
>> 6 characters long, and see what happens.
>> 
>> John, W1TAG
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>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Rudy Severns wrote:
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>>   I sent this note to David VK2DDI.  73, Rudy
>>> 
>>> "Thanks very much David for the report of what may be my signal in VK.
>>> I've
>>> been transmitting at 475.680 kHz +/-.  I'll make it a point to transmit
>>> every night  possible and  run with my allowed max radiated power of
>>> 20W.  I
>>> can also increase the frequency of transmission from 20% to 50% if that
>>> would help??  I usually keep the frequency of transmission low so I have
>>> more time to listen for other stations since the rx is blanked during
>>> transmission.  Of course I can also change my transmission frequency if
>>> that
>>> would fit your grabber settings better?
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>>> 
>>> It will be very interesting to explore the path from W7 to VK on 630m. If
>>> it exists with any regularity perhaps after the US gets authorized a QSO
>>> with WSQ or JT9 might be possible.  That would be something but it's too
>>> early to speculate much.
>>> 
>>> 73, Rudy N6LF, WD2XSH/20"
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