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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Ok Joe Well what ever the qrg , its working ! I think the decoder pass band is 100 Hz , but you only need 1 or 2 Hz separation and a few Hz in from the edge Yes , OP8 is clocked at x4 OP32 , same pattern , from the map w1tag , wivd are also on net as are k2ncc op8 [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [80.12.242.42 listed in list.dnswl.org] X-Scan-Signature: ead411ce91f9601ce3974c7575797436 Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response 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 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3232 Ok Joe Well what ever the qrg , its working ! I think the decoder pass band is 100 Hz , but you only need 1 or 2 Hz separation and a few Hz in from the edge Yes , OP8 is clocked at x4 OP32 , same pattern , from the map w1tag , wivd are also on net as are k2ncc op8 VO1NA G4WGT 2200m OPERA 3519 kms 22:46:15 VO1NA TF3HZ 2200m OPERA 2601 kms 22:46:14 73-G, -------------------------------------------------- From: Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:49 PM To: "Graham" Cc: Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32 > Hi Graham and Markus, > > It's a relief to learn that the TX has drifted off QRG! Thanks Markus. > Will continue with OP32 tonight. > > Graham, to make OP8 from 32, just divide by 4, right? (8192/4 ms pulses) > And will it be OK to stay on 137.555 as 650 seems a bit congested? > > 73 to all > Joe > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Graham wrote: > >> Thanks for that Markus >> >> That info could be gathered at the RX stations and shared via >> the web beacon , but would only be of use is the 'audio' tx >> drive was used .. >> >> For such a short tx time , 4 mins of 'carrier' and anything over >> 2 mins needed for a decode , OP8 seems to be producing some >> very good results , unless there is some 'flutter' , which the >> shorter cycle is able to make use of ? if nothing else , the >> power bill is 25% of op32 ! >> >> W1VD is also showing on the PSK map , Gus is running higher >> power than at the start , so may be W1VD is in range ? >> >> 73-G, >> >> >> From: Markus Vester >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:15 PM >> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org >> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32 >> >> >> Yes op-8 would have been in easy reach. This morning, Joe's dashes were >> well discernible even in the 0.7 Hz grabber window. >> >> Having said that, my personal preference regarding overnight beaconing is >> more towards "the slower the better" ;-) In the morning I'd rather be >> greeted by 10 really deep detections than by a long list of spots with >> intermediate sensitivity. >> >> As for frequency, using 137650 exactly might not be ideal, as observers >> in East Europe would likely be affected by the Russian Loran / Chayka >> chain. Actually here in Central Europe the 6.25 Hz multiples reappeared >> today when Slonim (the most westerly station in the chain) came back on >> air after several weeks outage. Staying away from the Loran lines by a Hz >> or so will avoid that problem. >> >> Best 73, >> Markus (DF6NM) >> >> From: Graham >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:36 PM >> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org >> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32 >> >> >> Joe, >> >> Looking at the psk-map , Its quite possible , all the monitors >> where >> looking for OP8 signals ve7bdq <> we2xpq is also showing as >> OP8 >> as well >> >> No reason why OP8 should not decode from you , just need to qsy >> to the OP8 centre qrg 137.650 KHz >> >> 73 -G, >> > > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at > http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php >