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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:26:50 +0100
From: Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>
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Mark,

you will need WSPR2 to get good decodes of WD2XSH/xx

73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T

Quoting Mark <markhughes1@blueyonder.co.uk>:

> Hi All,
> 3 instances of decodes of WD2XSH on 503.890KHz last night between  =20
> 01:00 and 03:00z all with bad message tagged, and no /17 appended
> These of course did not upload, sigs were 2 off -28 dB and 1 off -27dB
> Several other corrupted calls reported on the same frequency.
>
> I was using WSPR1.01, now upgraded to WSPR2  r1714. The change log  =20
> does not suggest that 1.01 does not handle the suffixes correctly,  =20
> but I am hoping that the upgrade will improve things
>  Interestingly the RX noise level indicator says -30dB all the time, =20
>  irrespective of the audio level settings, though it displays and  =20
> decodes well enough.
> Soundcard setup is non-standard here, RX is softrock, processed by  =20
> Speclab (which also provides the grabber  see  =20
> www.dc2light.co.uk<http://www.dc2light.co.uk> for a link) Audio  =20
> Output from Speclab is filtered, frequency shifted and then passed  =20
> to the WSPR software.
>
> Pleased to copy the WD2XSH/17 on the tiny mag loop antenna, which is =20
>  aligned roughly E-W and therfore has a null towards the USA
> Hopefully future spots will reach the database.
> Hope all have a happy and prosperous 2010
> Mark GM4ISM IO85AR
>