[Lowfer] Basic Argo settings?

[N8OOU]

Frank,

Not knowing what you have looked into, My reading list includes this 
mail list, be sure to look at it's web page for the link to the archive.

lwca.org/mb includes LF and part 15 Hifer info. There is a fair amount 
of QRSS, WSPR, and CW activity. A good archive there too.

QRSS activity is on just about all ham bands. The past couple months 10m 
has supported a lot of dx. The groups.io qrssknights list covers this 
segment well. In the group you can find links to grabbers located all over.

Be careful, you can spend all free time reading, not watching an Argo 
screen!

73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 9/12/21 1:03 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
> On 9/12/21 8:26 AM, J D wrote:
>> Re: BFO uncertainty; Argo itself is the quickest tool to tell you what 
>> your receiver's internal offset is in CW mode, if you have no idea. 
>> Switch Argo to NDB mode temporarily and view the noise band on screen. 
>> The center of that band is your "BFO" frequency.
> 
> Thanks, John. It looks as though the answer in my case is 500 Hz.
> 
> 
>> [A]s to mode, that depends on what you're wanting to hear/see.  At 
>> 1750 meters, QRSS3 is not very effective. Most stations will be using 
>> at least QRSS30 and some will be doing QRSS60.
>>
>> You can run multiple instances of Argo simultaneously to capture a 
>> greater range of frequencies. But unless you're just curious as to 
>> what you may see on a random basis, there's no point in setting 
>> receiver bandwidth any wider than the span from the lowest frequency 
>> where you expect to hear anything to the highest.  One kilohertz for 
>> CW in a band like 1750 m is a potential waste of receiver dynamic 
>> range when there's such a high risk of QRM in that wide a span.
> 
> I have to invoke the newbie defense -- I'm at the stage of not knowing 
> what I want to do, beyond trying QRSS rx, particularly below 500 kHz. If 
> I go with 185.3 kHz and QRSS30, is there a CW bandwidth I might try?
> 
> Also, while I'm waiting for the MF/LF bands to perk up this fall/winter, 
> are there any suggestions for an active QRSS frequency and mode on HF I 
> might experiment with to get some practice with Argo?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Frank
> 
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