[Lowfer] Opera on 74

[Pat Bunn]

I have two vertical red lines on the waterfall and am receiving a series of distinct lines in the waterfall between the red lines     Dashes that are spaced but no decodes.  Whoops I just got one so maybe it is working

-24 dB. F:41%

Pat



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On Feb 8, 2014, at 1:10 PM, "Douglas D. Williams" <kb4oer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not much to figure out, Pat. Opera is one of those types of programs that
> tries to do everything for the user. There is very little that the end user
> can change, because the software assumes it is smarter than the user.
> 
> I've pretty much given up on it. In my experience, it is about equal to
> WSPR-2 in terms of weak signal detection. Note that I am not talking about
> Opera Deep Search (OPDS), but rather the generic Opera software. OPDS is a
> whole other kettle of fish, but that is neither here nor there.
> 
> I have decoded DK7FC many times using WSPR-15, and even decoded him with
> WSPR-2. I have yet to decode DK7FC using the Opera software, and I have
> tried several nights this season.
> 
> All this is just my opinion, of course.
> 
> -Doug KB4OER
> 
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> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dex
>> 
>> I have opera running and I can hear you but no decodes. Need to figure out
>> the program
>> 
>> Pat
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Feb 8, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX <dexter.mc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Pat Bunn wrote:
>>>> I would try to listen but I can't seem to load Opera from that cheesy
>> website  that just looks fraudulent. I get a page with a guy skiing and
>> nothing else.
>>>> 
>>>> Pat
>>>> N4LTA
>>> I had a problem getting Opera a while back so someone sent me the zip
>> file.  The same site works now for me so I don't know what the problem may
>> have been.  I've put the zip file on dropbox if you would like to try that
>> method:
>>> 
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15095569/Opera%201.5.1.zip
>>> 
>>> Dex
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