Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-md02.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id C8B5A380000E9; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:40:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Qy16Z-00012r-KG for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:19 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Qy16Z-00012i-5x for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:19 +0100 Received: from smtp5.freeserve.com ([193.252.22.151] helo=smtp6.freeserve.com) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Qy16W-0003Qs-Sp for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:19 +0100 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3543.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id E0A8E1C00091 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:38:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3543.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D0FF51C00094 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:38:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from AGB (unknown [2.26.22.81]) by mwinf3543.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 66F6F1C00091 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:38:08 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20110829123808421.66F6F1C00091@mwinf3543.me.freeserve.com Message-ID: <5A4722D74D1C4CCF94108DF140325929@AGB> From: "Graham" To: References: <20110829075837.509df1be@svr1> In-Reply-To: <20110829075837.509df1be@svr1> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:08 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 110829-0, 29/08/2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500kHz WSPR activity 1530-2300z today Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original 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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME 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-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:510934720:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60564e5b88b946de X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none John, No wspr showing in the last hour .. May of been carrier / cw or something on 503.5 .... Is there a qrss beacon running , anyone ?? 73 -G.. -------------------------------------------------- From: "John GM4SLV" Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 8:58 AM To: Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500kHz WSPR activity 1530-2300z today > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:37:02 +0100 > Roger Lapthorn wrote: > > >> >> Many people rubbish WSPR, but this sort of activity gives an excellent >> "snapshot" of band conditions in a way hard to achieve in any other >> way. >> > > Roger, LF > > And to lend weight to that argument - G3XIZ has been consistently > decoding my WSPR this morning at around -25dB. I was decoding him, in > daylight, at 0dB! > > We've just tried to work CW and while Chris was a nice Q4-5 signal in a > 250Hz CW filter he could neither hear me nor see on Argo any sign that > I was transmitting. Back in WSPR mode and he's again decoding me at > -24dB. > > Now, whether a long dot-period QRSS signal would fare better is open to > conjecture, but on this occasion WSPR was demonstrably more capable > than good old hand sent, ear decoded CW. > > My grabber is once again online at: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3551430/grabber.html > > Cheers, > > John > GM4SLV > >