[Lowfer] WE2XGR/2 mid day groundwave mode competition

[Garry Hess]

Jay, thanks for extending the test in Wolf mode. I failed to even lock 
onto your signal during the 1600-1624Z session. At the end of the 
1700-1724Z session I locked on and felt if I had a few more frames a 
decode would appear. Shortly after you began at 1800Z that turned out to 
be the case, and the SNR was building nicely when I stopped to send this 
email:

2012-02-19 16:00:02 >WOLF10  -r 11100.274 -f 400 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000 -ut
...
16:25:38 f: 0.088 pm:105.6 jm:818 q: -5.2 -6.0 H22OYX3QB6T*47M -

2012-02-19 17:00:02 >WOLF10  -r 11100.274 -f 400 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000 -ut
...
17:17:38 f:-0.176 pm:70.64 jm:256 q: -6.5 -7.8 9TNFQLGPOED1H5T ?
17:19:14 f: 0.010 pm:83.90 jm:945 q: -3.4 -7.1 SVQS0I.2MQ92VS4 ?
17:20:50 f: 0.010 pm:96.34 jm:945 q: -3.0 -6.0 ???TU7PUMIVTJG9 -
17:22:26 f: 0.010 pm:107.1 jm:945 q: -2.2 -6.2 ???10AFJMIVTJG9 -
17:24:02 f: 0.010 pm:114.6 jm:945 q: -1.8 -9.1 ???14QV N6OQ8V7 ?
17:25:38 f: 0.010 pm:118.4 jm:945 q: -1.8 -6.9 GIOPXM/WF9R.N4P ?

2012-02-19 18:00:09 >WOLF10  -r 11100.274 -f 400 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000 -ut
18:00:33 f:-0.897 a:-0.9 dp: 91.2 ci: 6 cj: 40 IJYR1OG18JG*618 -
18:00:57 f:-0.895 a:-1.0 dp: 87.3 ci:13 cj:410 U26HL 92HCCCK3Z ?
18:01:45 f:-0.074 a: 1.3 dp: 84.0 ci: 4 cj:155  TYZNP0WOQPT79G ?
18:03:21 f:-0.127 pm:30.68 jm:898 q:-14.8 -8.3 GSZBRH8NV6B5IS. ?
18:04:57 f: 0.010 pm:71.20 jm:215 q: -6.6 -8.8 TUZVM/TBPKDJ/.E ?
18:06:33 f: 0.010 pm:95.21 jm:215 q: -5.2 -5.6 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:08:09 f: 0.010 pm:124.3 jm:214 q: -4.2 -4.5 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:09:45 f: 0.010 pm:175.7 jm:214 q: -3.1 -3.1 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:11:21 f: 0.010 pm:201.0 jm:214 q: -2.6 -2.5 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:12:57 f: 0.010 pm:236.5 jm:214 q: -1.8 -1.8 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:14:33 f: 0.010 pm:262.3 jm:215 q: -1.1 -1.8 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:16:09 f: 0.010 pm:286.9 jm:215 q: -0.5 -1.7 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:17:45 f: 0.010 pm:301.3 jm:215 q:  0.1 -1.1 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:19:21 f: 0.010 pm:342.3 jm:215 q:  0.7 -0.5 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -
18:20:57 f: 0.010 pm:377.7 jm:214 q:  0.9 -0.5 WE2XGR/2 TEST 4 -

Opera 8 can't hold a candle to Wolf10. Nothing sensed here at all and 
based on reports from others it's clear why - -31 dB SNR at 267 mi isn't 
going to be noticed at 790 miles. Of course Opera only had 8 minutes to 
integrate the signal while Wolf10 could work for nearly an hour if needed.

-- 
73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL