On 5/9/2014 2:58 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
Maybe I should give JT65 a try, except as a former "copy-by-ear" EMEer I think it's "cheating" on that mode :-)
JT65 has elements of watching paint dry, but like some of Joe Taylor's other modes, it can be a thrill making otherwise impossible QSOs, like MS using FSK441 and ionospheric scatter using ISCAT at ridiculous S/N. I've recently begun using his newest, JT9, which uses only about 20Hz, gets 100% copy at -24, and 50% copy at -26. Last week, I had a sked with AB3CV on 160M around my sunset, and got successive decodes at -22, -23, -24, -25, and -26. He wasn't decoding me, so we didn't make the Q.
A few summers back, K7BV was doing 6M grid trips on his way to and from ham conventions to run the Yaesu booth, celebrating his recovery from a VERY nasty cancer surgery. He was making lots of guys happy with very rare grids, with QSOs in the 300 - 1500 mile range. I think I picked up about ten. Mostly FSK441, some CW. He was running about 800W, setting up with a Honda generator.
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