[ADXA] 3B7M - 21089 or 21089.5 FT8

[jayw5jay]

Hi Steve,By the way I think Dimension 4 is no more. At least that's what I've read and the website seems to be permanently down since the last week. The domain address name has been taken over by phone company. So for the newbies looks like we'll have to go back to Meinberg which is not easy to find. However in the WSJT-X users guide they do provide Direct links for Meinberg. It's just sort of convoluted if you aren't using multiple screens. However Meinberg does seem to be a little better as far as the sync goes compared to Dimension 4 by 100 to 200 MS. As they say in the qrp lists your mileage may vary.73 jay..Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: "Steve, W5KI" <w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com> Date: 2/28/23  11:14 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: ADXA <adxa at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [ADXA] 3B7M - 21089 or 21089.5 FT8 
    3B7M 21089 FT8
      
    First of all, decent signal even
        with up to 5 streams splitting the power out there, but it is
        dropping.  From the DF they are on, be sure to use above +1000
        from that lower freq of 21089, just to be sure for F/H.
    
      
    The rest is probably TLDR for you
        big guns:
      
    Their time sync is pretty
        unstable.  They've been staying between +1.5 to +1.9 DT error,
        most of time I've been monitoring.  Not that such a difference
        will always mess with decoding, but with this huge crowd of EU
        & stateside, if I can be sure I have a slight advantage of
        never being missed in their decodes just because of a differing
        DT ...  I think that's good.  
      
    Obviously many folks are being
        worked with that difference in DT.  BUT, that being
        said, when I called for a while and no reply, I changed my time
        to match theirs, and got a reply in a couple of sequences.  
        
        I'm seeing many though that have changed to match their DT.  For
        those that don't know about JTSync, it is a standaline small
        program, to use when no other sync source is available, etc. 
        It  calculates an "average" of DT for the multiple stations
        being received, and will correct to that by a "click" only.  It
        won't change your time unless you click UPDATE.  I've rarely
        used that or needed to use it.  BUT.... a short-cut is to
        "right-click" a particular station, and then sync with one click
        to their "bad" timing.  Then proceed to try and work them. 
        Quick and easy.  
      
    I use Dimension 4 for my time
        setting, and have it set for 10 minute updates.  My Windows 10
        hold time correctly much longer, but I like to keep it close. 
        One click and I can exit.  Work the bad timed station, then a
        couple of clicks after the QSO and I'm sync'ed back to correct
        time.
      
    Finally, already had all modes, so
        only need them on 160m, and 15m & up with any mode.  Glad to
        get the first one knocked off early.
    Steve, W5KI
    
  

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