[Lowfer] WH2XIL Digital Voice on 505kHz

John Andrews w1tag at charter.net
Sat Aug 16 19:50:21 EDT 2014


Warren,

There's definitely something going on the background, but the level is 
way down, and you can't make any sense out of it. Have had some 7-8 dB 
SNR peaks, and everything looks OK on the screen above about 3 dB, but 
you just hear a sort of echoey babbling in the background. Dunno.

John, W1TAG/1

On 8/16/2014 23:09 PM, Warren wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I just re-loaded the audio file at 707PM EDT, perhaps I wiped out the
> audio when I typed the call in the text box? I'm new to this program
> (1st attempt!).
>
> Thanks for your patience!
>
> 73 Warren
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Andrews" <w1tag at charter.net>
> To: "Warren" <k2ors at verizon.net>; "Discussion of the Lowfer (US,
> European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WH2XIL Digital Voice on 505kHz
>
>
>> Warren,
>>
>> Could you check that there is still audio being sent? I'm getting the
>> callsign in the text box when the SNR gets above 4 or so, but the
>> audio just mutes. Below that SNR, from 0 dB, I get what sound like
>> voice fragments, but I suspect they aren't real. A good signal seems
>> to produce silence.
>>
>> John, W1TAG
>>
>> On 8/16/2014 20:36 PM, Warren wrote:
>>> John,
>>>
>>> I just touched up the antenna tuning and upped the power a bit, so maybe
>>> you can copy now.
>>>
>>> Thanks for listening!
>>>
>>> 73 Warren WH2XIL
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Andrews" <w1tag at charter.net>
>>> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WH2XIL Digital Voice on 505kHz
>>>
>>>
>>>> Warren,
>>>>
>>>> Nothing here in southern Maine in mid-afternoon. Occasional voice-like
>>>> sounds, but with vocoder technology, that's not unusual. If it's on
>>>> tonight (with better signals), I'll give it another try.
>>>>
>>>> John, W1TAG/1
>>>>
>>>> On 8/16/2014 15:46 PM, Warren wrote:
>>>>> WH2XIL is sending a digital voice loop on 505kHz using the FreeDV -
>>>>> software available for free download at www.freedv.org.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fairly low power, expecting only local reception at this time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reports appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Warren K2ORS/WH2XIL
>>>>>
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