[Lowfer] 495 Questions

JD listread at lwca.org
Sun Jul 31 13:27:04 EDT 2011


Is Ralph operating WD2XSH/7 in WSPR mode on or about 495.040 - ,046 at 
present?  Last night was the first time since getting the farm location that 
I've seen a JASON-like mode appear on an Argo screen, so I'm not sure I'm 
recognizing it correctly.  (WSPR didn't exist back in those ancient days, 
and for all I know, this might be a Hellschreiber greeting in Arabic!)  The 
CW ID is so bloomin' fast that there's no way I'll ever catch it through the 
noise, even though the signal was audible strength.  It took until the "/" 
for my ears to sync, and then there was invariably a static crash right at 
the numeral.  The digimode is still visible this morning, although no longer 
audible, at levels consistent with what I've observed from Ralph's station..

Also...can anyone confirm if Pat /6 is experiencing keyer problems?  Last 
night I was seeing broken carrier with sidebands consistent with Morse 
keying, and then suddenly "H/6" materialized in QRSS, followed almost 
immediately by what could have been taken for a fifth dit in the numeral, 
except it showed sidebands of keying as well.  It wasn't strong enough to 
copy by ear, though, so I couldn't really tell what was going on.

It takes more than one screen width at 3-sec. slow to display even this 
shortened form of Pat's ID, so it may be a while before I can attach a 
sufficiently compressed screen shot.

John D. 


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