[Lowfer] XSV on PSK31 at 474.2 kHz +1300 hz

[Neil Klagge]

@ JD:
That was a good Argo capture, JD. Thanks. It is surely my beacon, just by
the exact timing of the PSK part. It starts over in almost exactly 60
seconds.

I sent a reply to John Gibbs, ve7bdq, earlier thinking it was going ONLY to
him. Later I discovered that it went to the whole Lowfer list. I wish this
list allowed me to reply only to the sender if I so choose.

JD, I dont think I have a personal email address for you. It only seems to
be that I always email you thru this list. Not sure what is happening with
that.

Thanks for your efforts to go out into the field to capture and report on
our LF/MF signals. Your dedication is a tremendous help and encouragement
to all of us and is very much appreciated.

As I told John G., I will be cooling it a bit for a short time as far as my
MF activities are concerned. It is a good time to take a break from the
intensity that I have put into it this past winter.

Thanks again for your reports and captures. Much appreciated.
73, Neil Klagge
wg2xsv (and w0yse), DN41ac, Utah

w0yse, Layton Utah


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:59 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> Hi Neil,  sorry to report no copy here in PSK31 or CW.  Even if signal
> levels had been a few S-units better, I would not have been able to discern
> the CW by ear anyway with the powerhouse WSPR signals just above you.
> But...I was apparently able to SEE your carrier on my 3-second Argo display
> during the PSK31 intervals!  At least, the repetition rate looks right.
>
> I spent the first hour in the field looking for DK7FC, since there's now
> only a very short time the whole path to here is in darkness.  No luck
> there, although I saw snippets of a couple of other signals too
> intermittent to identify.  After that I went to 630 m.
>
> In between attempts to copy you in PSK, I tried running WSPR X in WSPR 2
> mode to see who all was on.  According to the waterfall, there were up to
> four WSPR signals on at a time before midnight here, though not all of them
> were within the decoding passband.  Unfortunately, the software (which used
> to run just fine for me) now seems to crash at the start of the decoding
> cycle, with no error message on screen...the reception time slot ends, and
> the software simply closes.  Would've had no idea who was on at all if it
> weren't for XIQ's CW ID.  I'll have to look and see if there's a newer
> version of WSPR X available, I guess.
>
> Went back to using WSPR 2.0 with its much less friendly interface (I
> really like seeing a live waterfall when I'm trying to get the tuning
> right), but by then only XIQ and XXM were still coming in.  Neither one was
> a challenge to copy.  XIQ's CW was plenty strong and clear, and XXM was
> loud enough for AM telephony!
>
> 73
> John D
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