[Lowfer] TAG WOLFing

Sun Oct 25 19:47:39 EDT 2020

JR,

Yep, sometimes the computers are right where they should be. The laptop 
I've been using to monitor this up here in Maine is pretty close. If I 
take the standard sampling rate, the skewing is very small.

I have a box here with a 10MHz oven-controlled oscillator in it, and 
dividers down to 1kHz. With that oscillator set against WWV, I can use 
the 1kHz output to calibrate both the sound card and the receiver.

Planning to do more playing at home when I get set back up. At least 
there's plenty of signal to work with, according to your results. Thanks.

JA

On 10/25/2020 7:42 PM, jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> JA
> 
> No. Sound card, amazingly, just happens to be spot. Receiver is locked to GPS.
> 
> JR
> 
>   
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net>
> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 10/25/2020 7:31:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] TAG WOLFing
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> Jay,
> 
> Nice!
> 
> So, are you running SpecLab to discipline the sampling rate?
> 
> John, W1TAG
> 
> On 10/25/2020 7:01 PM, jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
>> JA
>>
>> Lower QRN tonight yielded first line decode ... think it's working!
>>
>> 2020-10-25 23:52:53 >WOLF10  -r 8000 -f 800 -t 1.0 -d 10 -w 0.0000
>> t:  24 f: 0.001 a: 0.3 dp: 35.1 ci: 6 cj:288 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>> t:  48 f: 0.004 a: 0.1 dp: 37.4 ci: 6 cj:288 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>> t:  96 f: 0.002 a: 0.3 dp: 33.5 ci: 6 cj:288 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>> t: 192 f: 0.000 pm:0.295 jm:384 q: -1.3 -0.8 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>> t: 288 f: 0.000 pm:0.668 jm:384 q:  2.3  2.2 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>> t: 384 f: 0.000 pm:0.996 jm:384 q:  4.1  3.9 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>>
>> Jay W1VD
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> To: Bill de Carle <bill at ve2iq.ca>
>> Cc: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: 10/24/2020 9:50:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] TAG WOLFing
>> ________________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Bill,
>>
>> I KNEW you would show up!  Never could resist the call of the Wolf, eh?
>>
>> John, W1TAG
>>
>>> On Oct 24, 2020, at 9:22 PM, Bill de Carle <bill at ve2iq.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Took a little longer for the howls to reach this far inland -
>>> 2020-10-25 00:52:58 >WOLF10  -r 8100.0714 -f 799.9614 -t 0.2 -d 6 -w 0.0000
>>> t:  24 f: 0.012 a:-0.2 dp: 71.1 ci: 0 cj:154 9AF5C/DC3N.GUBU ?
>>> t:  48 f: 0.010 a:-0.1 dp: 69.9 ci: 7 cj:133 /0WEB3SAVHJ2YDW -
>>> t:  96 f:-0.129 a:-0.3 dp: 65.9 ci: 9 cj:423 6*INUS18CYVNBN* ?
>>> t: 192 f:-0.137 pm:3.785 jm:464 q:-14.9 -9.5 FP9KY D6X1*A9N5 ?
>>> t: 288 f: 0.010 pm:5.554 jm:335 q: -8.2 -8.1 RRXRCQ XO???UQR ?
>>> t: 384 f: 0.010 pm:11.09 jm:335 q: -5.3 -5.4 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>>> t: 480 f: 0.010 pm:20.40 jm:335 q: -3.6 -4.2 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>>> t: 576 f: 0.010 pm:33.97 jm:335 q: -2.1 -2.3 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>>>
>>> Nice to receive the old familiar signals,
>>> Bill VE2IQ
>>>
>>>> On 10/24/2020 3:23 PM, John Andrews wrote:
>>>> Lowfer TAG on 185.800 kHz from Raymond, ME is on the air in WOLF mode. I may need to play with it some more, but it should basically be on the air for the winter (unless Mother Nature intervenes).
>>>>
>>>> Good news/bad news: The WOLF part of the equation appears to be running solidly, with the transmitter within 0.01 Hz of 185.800, and the keying timing is close to perfect. The bad news is that I gave up some efficiency by using #12 wire for the loop antenna. If this new setup survives the winter, I will try putting up the old RG-8 next year, and using the shield as the antenna conductor. That stuff is pretty heavy, and the big pine that holds up one corner is right on the lake edge, and sways a lot in the breezes.
>>>>
>>>> My guess is that this will be a dead-of-winter thing for those outside of New England, but radio is full of surprises. Reports are always welcome.
>>>>
>>>> For those new to WOLF, the program remains available at:
>>>> https://www.qsl.net/d/dl4yhf/wolf/index.html
>>>> I can offer advice on determining your actual receiver frequency and your computer's sound-card sampling rate. For the folks who were successful with EbNaut, this ought to be duck soup.
>>>>
>>>> John, W1TAG
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