Return-Path: Received: from rly-mf05.mx.aol.com (rly-mf05.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.175]) by air-mf06.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMF064-96247b1b3cd103; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:57:39 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mf05.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMF058-96247b1b3cd103; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:57:19 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1JOwY9-00019E-MB for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:55:57 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1JOwY9-000195-5l for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:55:57 +0000 Received: from cas-mta3-fe.casema.nl ([83.80.1.28] helo=mta-fe.casema.nl) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JOwY3-00018i-Nx for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:55:56 +0000 Received: from localhost (cas-filter5.mgmt.casema.nl [10.42.32.118]) by mta-fe.casema.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37E1C3F95 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:46 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at casema.nl Received: from mta-fe.casema.nl ([10.42.32.28]) by localhost (cas-filter5.mgmt.casema.nl [10.42.32.211]) (amavisd-new, port 20024) with ESMTP id Yj1z-FHp+KiK for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from crazypeecee.casema.nl (5354976F.cable.casema.nl [83.84.151.111]) by mta-fe.casema.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3D3A3423 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:45 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:47 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: Dick Rollema In-Reply-To: <003001c86ce7$e1cd6a40$0d01a8c0@acer5gi5q0ubzj> References: <003001c86ce7$e1cd6a40$0d01a8c0@acer5gi5q0ubzj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080212-0, 12-02-2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-Id: <20080212145545.E3D3A3423@mta-fe.casema.nl> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: CW Skimmer Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n Really fascinating! Tried it at daytime on 30m. 73, Dick, PA0SE At 20:54 11-2-2008, you wrote: >Not sure if this has been mentioned on this group but an interesting piece >of software by Alex, VE3NEA, called CW Skimmer has recently been made >available, see >http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/ > >Although the software costs $75 one can download a trial version (30 days). >It's interesting to see that whilst away from the shack this evening the >program correctly identified G3KEV (501.9 at 19:35) and also G0MRF (503.0 at >19:37). The callsign picking routine must have been designed for the HF >bands, where the protocol is very mature, so got a bit confused with the >protocol used on 500kHz and eventually decided that David callsign was >IO91TK! > >It seems to need a reasonable S/N, but could be quite useful if one is not >able to personally monitor the band all of the time. Have others tried it? > >73 John, G3WKL