[Lowfer] RE: Laptop problem with ARGO

[Bill Ashlock]

Peter,

> > Funny how a little 13 Hz offset could make that much
> > difference! <GGGG>.   This problem has been solved!
>
>Interesting, Bill, but how does the offset relate to the original post
>about the laptop issue (following)?
>"
>The problem is that Jay's 115mi QRSS signal here in the shack, is
>strong,
>but blurred in the horizontal direction to the extent that it's
>difficult to
>make out the call. The sensitivity setting doesn't seem to help.

>Assume you were using 30 sec mode, then I'm thinking that looking at a
>faster-speed Argo mode would have opened the window wide enough to see
>the apparent need for an offset. Using say, 20 sec mode, is what I do
>when "browsing" for any sign of activity. Did you try that?

I think I used the 20 sec mode and didn't see anything different than the 30 
sec mode; but the real problem was:

1) The signal I thought was Jay on my first try was right at 185.301 and 
this really messed up my thinking.

2) I had used this laptop a month earlier in the car and I don't remember an 
offset more than a Hz or so. This amount of offset would place Jay in my 
QRSS30 window.

3) The signal strength indicator was going wild so I connected this to the 
incorrectly diagnosed blurring problem.

Bill

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