[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night

Thu Nov 26 18:00:10 EST 2020

Wonder if its a mixing artifact from strong sigs - I see K3MF rxd wa3u, kb8u all at “high levels”; kb8u and k5dnl strong at wb4dw at 0436 

Or infinite number of monkeys

Apologies if this has already bin sed


Laurence KL7L/H  Homer Alaska
BO49GO


> On Nov 26, 2020, at 13:32, Douglas Williams <williamsdoug1966 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <
>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
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>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> 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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