[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night

[Douglas Williams]

Jay,

Thanks for your input, and no, I don't.

The fact that OB3HAR was decoded three times last night, twice by myself
and once by K3MF, raises the question of was something actually
transmitting that call? Balloon telemetry, perhaps? Just wondering.

D.



On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 4:24 PM jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Doug
>
> Both of those calls would be from Peru ... if they actually existed.
> Neither check out on QRZ.com. Most false decodes show a 4 digit grid square
> instead of the usual 6 digit used by the vast majority of beacon stations.
> Do you have a lot of 'junk' showing in the waterfall?
>
> Jay W1VD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 11/26/2020 2:29:21 PM
> Subject: [Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> So I monitored 630 meter WSPR signals last night with my (now repaired,
> thanks Steve) Clifton Labs whipamp, with good results:
>
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmp2h2coj1gf2fp/Desktop%20Screenshot%202020.11.26%20-%2014.16.27.07.png?dl=0
>
> I have no idea what OB3HAR or OA4FXD are. I would just write them off as
> false decodes, but OB3HAR was received by both myself and K3MF last night.
>
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ocmucsrpyqeks37/Desktop%20Screenshot%202020.11.26%20-%2014.23.42.24.png?dl=0
>
> Two spots by me, and one by K3MF, so I doubt this is a false decode.
>
> Grid DO63 is in Saskatchewan, Canada, if that has any basis in truth.
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> -Doug
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