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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