[Lowfer] 2200M Strange Decode
n8tl
n8tl at woh.rr.com
Sat Sep 12 21:15:42 EDT 2015
Hi Gary:
Yes...I figured as much. I left the decoder and radio run all night.
I'll give it another try tonight. and see what comes
out of the noise.
Thanks,
Tom N8TL
On 9/12/2015 12:37, Garry wrote:
> Tom, whenever WSPR decodes something that looks "strange" you can be
> confident it's in error. I assume the time 0148 is Z and there are no
> decodes reported by others; if by chance it's your local time (0548Z)
> there still are no other decodes reported. The 5.8 number indicates
> the timing is way off and the -2 indicates a fair amount of drift
> downward. The power indicated is only 200 mW and the grid is
> inconsistent with the call (in the Seychelles Islands).
>
> Last night was pretty quiet here in terms of external noise. But
> propagation on 474.2 kHz WSPR was unimpressive. Nothing decoded here
> from the NW and the last decode was WG2XXM at 1130Z. Surprisingly,
> WH2XND did better on 136 kHz WSPR. Although the SNRs weren't as high
> as previous evenings (only -22 dB for the best out of 26 decodes), the
> last decode was at 1152Z. The local sunrise boost was noticeably
> better on 136 kHz than 474.2 kHz.
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