[Lowfer] UWL and others

[Eric Smith]

Garry,

Thanks for the report on UWL!  Nice to see I was making it into
Illinois last night/this morning.

Thanks for listening,
Eric KD5UWL / WD2XFX

On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:28 AM, Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Lowfer UWL produced several full callsign decodes last night on 185.302
> kHz, QRSS30. Didn't see anything of WMS and EMP was just barely noticeable.
>
> On the WSPR front, Andy's XR4TN was painting decent waterfall traces on
> 185.705 kHz for quite awhile. Not sure why the signal only decoded twice
> during that period. The SNR was -24 dB and the timing was nearly perfect.
>
> On 137.7775 kHz, QRSS60 XKO was blasting in. Higher up at 137.3804 kHz,
> MP provided company. Both stations were visible on the VE7TIL grabber.
>
> The German RTTY station DDH47 on 147.3 kHz that Todd mentioned recently
> decoded fine around 0500Z when the German text became understandable CQ
> ... Frequencies ... RYRY.
>
> Earlier, at 0400Z a panoramic display of VLF activity showed 13
> stations. NDB reception in the evening wasn't bad either. The most
> common Caribbean and South American stations (DDP, PPA, CBC, SPP, BOG)
> were at least fair copy.
>
> Just looked at the 518 kHz Navtex frequency and the strong interferer is
> still there. Maybe someone will note the emails sent to
> marine.weather at noaa.gov and investigate.
>
> Regarding Ed's query about what software decodes Navtex, the free but
> complicated MultiPSK works. Another free software is NAVTEX Decoder
> v2.1.1 at www.frisnit.com. However, as pointed out by Jay, W1VD, the
> most sensitive decoder seems to be SeaTTY (www.dxsoft.com). It's not
> free but well worth the cost.
>
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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