[Lowfer] WSPR-X

[Michael Sapp]

Jim: Jay, W1VD pointed out that the ALL_WSPR.TXT file can become very large 
so he edited it to a few weeks of capture content. My ALL_WSPR.TXT file for 
WSPR-X had grown to 6.5MB, so I pared it down but went through and made sure
my better DX contacts remained in the file.   I still owe you an e-mail on 
the SM5BSZ noise vids topic....it's been a busy week here....

73 Mike wa3tts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Davey" <k8rz at etcmail.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WSPR-X


Hi Mike:

I¹ve noticed something similar.  I leave an old WinXP laptop running  WSPR
2.0  on 476 kHz 24/7 while I am gone on long business trips and have
noticed that after about 3.5 days, or 85 hours or so, it just quits
reporting.  We tend to have small power ³flickers² at the house which I
first blamed for this.  I put a UPS on the system and it still happens,
and I have started noticing a pattern.  When I return and check, the WSPR
software is still open, but appears to be frozen with regard to decoding
(last decoded message displays a date/time that is several days old).  The
wireless link to the router is up and strong.  Computer and WSPR timing is
perfect.  I close and restart WSPR but do not reboot the computer, which
may be making my problem worse.  Anything you can discover related to this
would be of great interest.  Guess I assumed WSPR monitoring was conceived
as a continual thing so never gave any thought to files getting too large,
but now am beginning to think there may be more to it.

Jim  K8RZ






On 12/13/15, 10:16 AM, "Lowfer on behalf of Michael Sapp"
<lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:

>Hi All:  I noticed a few weeks ago that WSPR-X tends to leave a fair
>number
>of temporary files on my PC, so I have been cleaning them out
>regularly....as well as turning the PCs and my router off everyday for
>restart.  My son's video gaming tends to fill up the BGP routing table
>frequently in my router, which eventually requires a reset. Makes me
>wonder
>if a similar situation exists with WSPR over time and if that would slow
>down or occasionally prevent a connection to the WSPR DB.....
>
>LF/MF WSPR2 & WSPR14 did not seem that great here as fare as propagation
>conditions overnight, but I did get a handful of VE7CNF and XGP decodes
>on
>630m.  No XND decodes on 136 kHz here. I tried wspr2 on 136 kHz for about
>an
>hour last night around 0300 but not a trace of XND. Perhaps the WX QRN
>was
>the culprit as my NW direction was much quieter than SW when I switched
>around 0400...
>
>73 Mike wa3tts
>
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