[Lowfer] WSPR-15 tonite

[John Andrews]

Pat,

I had something similar with Jay last evening. Very strong signal, and several missed decodes. At least one was in a period where XGR/6 was off. Was running AGC on the R75, so it certainly wasn't a receiver overload issue. 

John, W1TAG



On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:58 PM, <pbunn at patbunn.com> wrote:

> I have been running WSPR-15 since last night. When Gary noted that someone
> was in the middle with a drifting signal, I went out to the shop to see if I
> could see the signa
> 
> What I saw was a surprise. I have not touched any gain setting since last
> night and have been getting good decodes until recently.
> 
> The screen shot shows what I found and shows where I reduced gain to the
> point that very little noise is showing ( and very likely no weak signal
> would be seen)
> 
> 
> The screen can be seen at
> http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt286/n4lta/wsprscrn_zps392e4d37.gif
> 
> The screen is split between when I first found it first smeared in red, my
> first gain reduction and then a further adjustment.
> 
> The far left is Bobs WSPR 2 signal
> 
> There is no noise here tonite to speak of. The S meter on the R75 is below
> S1 (no bars on the S meter) and goes to S4 when Bobs signal comes on.
> 
> The gain setting was initially set last night and worked fine all night with
> numerous decodes.
> 
> 
> Something is unusual with WSPR and strong signals, and I am pretty certain
> it is not my receiving equipment. I can hear the WD2XSG/6 beacon in the
> background
> at the same time Bob is transmitting. He is not blocking the radio front
> end.
> 
> Pat
> N4LTA 
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