[ADXA] CW Skimmer question
Rory Bowers
k6cks01 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 5 19:02:40 EST 2022
Thanks Scott... often times the cluster doesn't catch all that is there and
it is easy to miss a good one. I read that the IC-7610 can be used to
collect the CW calls over several hundred kc. That might beat the heck out
of the DX cluster that relies on someone spotting the station. I have seen
several instances when a "good one" was on the band but was never spotted.
It is like the band's "best kept secret". I am willing to try anything
that would give me a leg up on a good QSO!
73,
Rory, K5CKS
On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 5:18 PM Scott Branyan <sbranyan at cox.net> wrote:
> Hey, Rory et all.
>
> I tried it and liked and have a registered version now on my laptop, but
> don't have it set up for a wide band receiver. I think it only shows about
> 2.5 KHz on the screen. W5JAY uses it in wideband mode I think.
>
> Decodes way better "out of the box" than FLDIGI in my opinion.
>
> 73,
> Scott/W5AAJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rory Bowers [mailto:k6cks01 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 2:34 PM
> To: Scott Branyan
> Cc: Joel Harrison; ADXA
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] CW Skimmer question
>
> Hey Scott,
> I took interest in your questions about CW Skimmer. I am trying to
> increase my CW contacts on 40 and 80. Are you using the free version of CW
> Skimmer?
> Thanks,
> Rory, K5CKS
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 12:51 PM Scott Branyan <sbranyan at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> Follow-up. I am not sure, Joel (and Jay). Turning the Skimmer
> software off
> and on, sometimes I think I see an S1 or perhaps S2 difference on
> the radio
> S-meter, but then it seems to self correct after a second or two
> but the
> noise is still there. Sometimes the noise is minimal and other
> times it
> interferes with decoding. I have not been able to correlate it to
> band or
> other conditions.
>
> I may be getting some RF. We've had some changes in the electric
> service out
> here so it may be a reflection of that. But the shack itself is
> not properly
> grounded yet. We are making some changes (hoping to bury our
> electric
> service out to the utility pole) and I have to install a ground
> rod under
> the radio room and bond it to the perimeter ground rods.
> Hopefully, I can
> complete that in 2022.
>
> If I leave the radio on for a while, the computer sometimes makes
> a hiccup
> in the audio sound when I turn the radio on (an extra little
> ding). When
> this happens, I have noticed WSJT-X sometimes crashes on me during
> a QSO.
> When I unplug the radio for a while it resets and gives the normal
> sound
> when I turn the radio back on. Perhaps a new radio to USB shielded
> cable
> might help on that problem.
>
> A lot of variables. But thanks for the suggestions. I will keep
> looking for
> some correlation to the problem and see what I can find and make
> the planned
> upgrades as soon as I can.
>
> 73,
> Scott/W5AAJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: w5zn at w5zn.org [mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 9:39 AM
> To: Scott Branyan
> Cc: 'ADXA'
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] CW Skimmer question
>
> When the noise begins do you see an increase on your S meter? That
> would be
> the "RF path" or do you just hear in in the speakers/headphones
> (that would
> be the "Audio path)?
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> On 2021-12-28 19:36, Scott Branyan wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, Joel.
> >
> > Guess I don't know the answer to your question. I hear it in the
> > headphones. So I assume RX audio.
> >
> > Radio is IC-7100.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: w5zn at w5zn.org [mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 4:03 PM
> > To: Scott Branyan
> > Cc: ADXA
> > Subject: Re: [ADXA] CW Skimmer question
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > You get "more noise" in the RX audio or in the RX RF path?
> >
> > I assume you mean in the RX audio. What radio and what audio
> path are
> > you using for CW Skimmer
> >
> > On 2021-12-28 14:57, Scott Branyan wrote:
> >
> > Not always, so it seems to be conditions related, but
> often while I
> > am listening an otherwise quiet band and hear a faint station,
> when I
> > turn on CW Skimmer I get more noise--sometimes enough to wipe
> out the
> > station I hear. I've looked at settings in CWS and even
> experimented
> > with them but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Any clue
> as to
> > what might cause this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > Scott/W5AAJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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