[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Doug

I wasn't aware that balloon telemetry used LF ... and WSPR mode. 

Jay W1VD


----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 11/26/2020 4:45:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night
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My first guess would be that someone programmed their "balloon telemetry"
callsign with a letter O instead of the numeral 0. ;-)

D.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 4:41 PM Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <
>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <
>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> 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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