[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night

[Douglas Williams]

Jay,

LOL, me either. That was just speculation. I have no idea what frequencies
or modes balloon telemetry uses.

But then, we are still presented with the fact that both K3MF and I decoded
the callsign OB3HAR three times on 630 meter WSPR last night.

How could such a thing be possible, if it were a false decode? I would
think the odds are astronomical.

D.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 5:20 PM jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Doug
>
> I wasn't aware that balloon telemetry used LF ... and WSPR mode.
>
> Jay W1VD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: 11/26/2020 4:45:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>
> 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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