Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7992 invoked from network); 14 May 2003 15:23:49 -0000 Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 14 May 2003 15:23:49 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 16883 invoked by uid 10001); 14 May 2003 15:23:49 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 14 May 2003 15:23:49 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19Fy4D-0003di-Ba for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 14 May 2003 16:21:17 +0100 Received: from [64.12.136.162] (helo=imo-m07.mx.aol.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19Fy48-0003dZ-Mt for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 14 May 2003 16:21:12 +0100 Received: from MarkusVester@aol.com by imo-m07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.22.) id l.19f.14f2b152 (15874) for ; Wed, 14 May 2003 11:20:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aol.com (mow-m04.webmail.aol.com [64.12.184.132]) by air-id07.mx.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILINID71-3e023ec25ec330c; Wed, 14 May 2003 11:20:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 11:20:35 -0400 From: MarkusVester@aol.com To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7DB276F1.5D4307BE.28FF0FBC@aol.com> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Subject: LF: Re: CFH agn, QRN reduction Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.8 required=5.0tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,NO_REAL_NAMEversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Hi Alan and LF group, yes, exactly the same observation on CFH here in Nuernberg. To cope with the current high level of QRN, I have now implemented a special averaging strategy: Each column in the final spectrogram is a 15-second weighted power-average of about 500 10.8Hz-resolution FFT's. The weight factor applied to a single spectrum is taken proportional to the inverse square of its total power. In effect, this type of averaging strongly prefers the quiet periods, and practically clears out the crashes. 73 de Markus, DF6NM Alan Melia wrote: Hi all despite a definite "switch-off" at about 2400z on the 12th, I was sure I saw a weak FSK trace on ARGO at about 2320z last night (13th) My logger was started but the plot is wery weak. The line definitely seems to be above the noise, but at such low levels I cannot be sure that I was not measuring something else. Can any of the N.American stations confirm activity of CFH last night?? If this is confirmed, this is by far the lowest signal level received, and there is no history of them ever running a QRP mode.