Return-Path: Received: from rly-mc07.mx.aol.com (rly-mc07.mail.aol.com [172.21.164.91]) by air-mc07.mail.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILINMC073-d834abb17d61ba; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:55:31 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mc07.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMC073-d834abb17d61ba; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:55:19 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1MqiDo-00039D-Pb for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:54:32 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1MqiDo-000394-DR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:54:32 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MqiDe-0003NK-3J for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:54:24 +0100 Received: from [10.218.2.8] (lurcher.twatt.home [10.218.2.8]) by deerhound.twatt.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514C53B392 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4ABB179D.2020505@sighthound.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:54:21 +0000 From: John P-G User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <250054929.177427.1253774595577.JavaMail.mail@webmail09> In-Reply-To: <250054929.177427.1253774595577.JavaMail.mail@webmail09> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: s/n shown by wspr .... what is it actually showing ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Peter Cleall wrote: > a more fundamental question. at the bottom of the WSPR screen a red > box has Rx Noise then a -dB number. What order of dBs do you normally > see in here. > > regards peter > > Peter, I believe you are supposed to adjust the sound level (via external means or using the Windows mixer) to set that reading to ~0dB for optimum decoding. Others may have more info... John GM4SLV -- http://gm4slv.blogspot.com Clousta, Shetland IP90gg