[ADXA] CW Skimmer question
Steven Rutledge
crownhaven at bellsouth.net
Wed Jan 5 19:27:07 EST 2022
Hi Rory. Can’t skimmer be fed into DX cluster? Not a rhetorical question as I’m not sure.
Steve, QQ
> On Jan 5, 2022, at 6:03 PM, Rory Bowers <k6cks01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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