MEPT_JT set the world on fire. MEPT was a term little known among Radio Amateurs, a little group of enthusiasts world wide, we built our own gear and studied propagation using very low power signals (QRPP).
MEPT_JT soon became WSPR, Weak Signal Reporting System, Whisper, a great name which encompasses the concept and keeps it in the WSJT camp.
A GUI version was soon released making it easier to use and soon a Web Site was set up to list reports and plot results on a world map. This overloaded the servers and the ISP closed it down. No problem, it moved almost seamlessly and goes from strength to strength.
Right from the first day I thought it would be good to have MEPT_JT as an ident on a true Multimode Beacon. A few Hams world wide are working on a computer less system, I needed a further spark from Johan SM6LKM who said yes it can be done.
Yesterday I completed the Multimode concept with a PIC processor controller and a QRPP VCXO transmitter.
Still work in progress I have introduced a 5th bit giving a Manual Time Sync signal and Multimode capability. I have produced a Helschreiber 'font', QRSS3 is programmed in and WSPR is de-coding locally.
