[600MRG] HF-MF band planning

[John Langridge]

>Is their enough room for WSPR?  Or should we 
develop a variant of WSJT that can do both communicating and 
propagation beaconing?

JT9 is an excellent beaconing platform in addition to QSO mode but what you don't get with JT9 is the WSPRnet.org website.  The marketing value of that website as a gateway to MF can't be overstated.  Its amazing how many guys get sucked in, never to recover, when they click that little "MF" tag on the dropdown box of the website map query and see a lot of stations on the air... Its addictive and often becomes a feeding frenzy...


73,
John XIQ





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 From: Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
To: Carl <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; Michael Mussler <mmussler at wispertel.net>; Rudy Severns <n6lf at epud.net> 
Cc: 600MRG <600mrg at w7ekb.com> 
Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [600MRG] HF-MF band planning
 

Carl,

What are you talking about?  JT-65 is the same as CW, a single tone 
that changes audio frequency in steps.  No IMD.  In fact one can run 
a class-C amp with it, just like CW.  It does take up wider bandwidth 
but that is a separate issue from IMD.  If they are overdriving the 
amplifiers into clipping that would be bad.  You can do that with CW.

I have no idea how JT65 is being utilized on 160m, so there may be 
some turf battles going on.  On 630m JT-65 probably takes up too much 
spectrum and a NB mode like JT-9 may be more appropriate.

I would like to see a version or variant of psk-31 allowed for plain 
old "rag chew" texting.  RTTY may take too much bw.  Packet is certainly out.

CW should be included.  Is their enough room for WSPR?  Or should we 
develop a variant of WSJT that can do both communicating and 
propagation beaconing?  We need for Joe Taylor to be informed of this 
discussion.

73, Ed-KL7UW

At 11:55 AM 3/3/2014, Carl wrote:
>Id also suggest that JT-9 be used for all MF and lower HF bands as 
>it is far superior and the occupied bandwidth is much narrower than 
>JT-65 plus its attendent poor IMD from poorly adjusted equipment. It 
>has already ruined part of the 160M DX window on 1838.
>
>Carl
>KM1H
>
>
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>Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 2:27 PM
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>>I made a similar response; including MF for their consideration.
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>>-Mike/12
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