[Lowfer] Monitoring JT65 on 474.200 (dial)

Mon Jul 10 15:05:12 EDT 2017

By software bug, I include the possibility that it may be improper decoding of a call sign.  But you are correct, with that many stations seeing it, that would require some flaw in the transmitting signal also.

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David L. Wilson

From: craig at wasson.com [mailto:craig at wasson.com] On Behalf Of craig wasson
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 2:59 PM
To: dwilson314 at verizon.net; Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Monitoring JT65 on 474.200 (dial)

I was wondering if it was a software artifact - but it would have to affect all of the individual reporting stations at the same time.  Seems unlikely unless it's a really strange bug.  Here is a sampling of reports:

2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -27  0  FL05  0.2  WI2XQU  EM85  1176  342   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475704  -12  0  FL05  0.2  WI2XFI  EN80nf  1678  349   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475703  -10  0  FL05  0.2  ZF1EJ  EK99ig  728  199   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -2  0  FL05  0.2  WH2XZO  EM85wb  1106  345  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475710  -8  0  FL05  0.2  AJ8S  EM89bt  1656  345   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -3  0  FL05  0.2  WG2XXM  EM15lj  2043  307   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475705  -19  0  FL05  0.2  VA2WW  FN46hc  2393  15  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475703  -12  0  FL05  0.2  WA3TTS  EN90xn  1680  357  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -24  0  FL05  0.2  K8PZ  EN73fb  2043  345   
2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -25  0  FL05  0.2  N2BJW  FN34im  2180  12  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -27  0  FL05  0.2  E51WL  BI00xx  9352  257  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -22  0  FL05  0.2  NO3M/W  EN91wr  1810  357  
 2017-07-10 08:26  C6ABO  0.475702  -6  0  FL05  0.2  WH2XXC  FM18qi  1450  8 

(sorry for any odd cut/paste artifacts above)

All of those reporting stations had the same software glitch at the same time?  Or were the reports just being generated online at wsprnet.org and not by real receivers???

The reported location matches the C6 prefix...

If real - the report at 9352km is not bad for a newbie.  And a few stations in opposite directions make it seem more legit.

 2017-07-09 08:34  C6ABO  0.475703  -27  0  FL05  0.2  E51WL  BI00xx  9352  257   
 2017-07-09 10:14  C6ABO  0.475703  -26  0  FL05  0.2  WH2XCR  BL11je  7878  285

I will tune for it tonight...

Craig - N6IO

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:34 PM, David L. Wilson <dwilson314 at verizon.net> wrote:

> I looked at the decodes for it logged on wsprnet.org and there are reports
of
> it from pretty much all over the world.  Europe, NZ, USA...  whatever it
is - it
> seems to have a good signal.
>

I have seen it in the past on occasion and concluded it (C6ABO ) was likely
a software artifact as it sometimes appeared when conditions were
unfavorable for distant reception.

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