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Subject: Re: LF: 19:28    477 G3ZJO de G6AVK Op8 79 mi -31 dB F:8% in Essex, JO01ho. with 0.5w +
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Did suggest  using  the  same  dial  for  opera  and   wspr ,  it was the 
same  on 500 , opera was  off  set  from 1500 hz to  allow this , but is now 
1500 Hz all  bands   ,  but the  boys  down under reckoned  it was  noisy 
at  that  part  of the  band ,  so its ended  up  plonked  mid  band  ,

don't  see anything  changing  till  the  US is  issued  with  477 , 
unlikely  the  fcc would  drop a  beacon  in the  middle  of the  band  ... 
funny  would be if it  was  allocated  the  same  position as  HF bands .. 
those long  120 second  grinds  , would go  down very  well  with the  CW by 
ear  groups ... not

pity on the  2.8k  , if it was  3K  , then  the  bfo  , mid band  would  of 
given 1.5K  each way ... ah , wspr  would be  inverted , no  use  then  , 
sdr  should  be able to cope

qrp  beacon and  Andy  ? , it  was  mid  Uk  may be  north  London ,  Pete 
might  now  , it made  psk , which at the  time, was  the  eee's  and  bee's 
of data  , Andy  did  have a  cw/psk  beacon  and ran  the  5 meg  beacon, 
that  Gary  monitored, using  the  g3plx  system  ....  I think  it  reached 
ku4xr  , he  had a  plot  with a definite  lift  on the  time  slot

appy days .. G

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From: "g3zjo" <g3zjo@psk31.plus.com>
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Subject: Re: LF: 19:28    477 G3ZJO de G6AVK Op8 79 mi -31 dB F:8% in Essex, 
JO01ho. with 0.5w +

> On 05/10/2014 19:44, Graham wrote:
>> and  another  one  ,  just like the  other  one
>
> What anuver ole in the road :-)
>
>> Few  mill's  of wobbly bob  all  round for  that !
>
> We nearly came up you way last week is wobbly bob current or nostalgic?
>> I think  that  is  my   first decode  of your  mini-beacon ? .. ever  !
>
> I don't know if I would have a record on my blog but I think you did RX my 
> original very similar power TX. I coded Opera on a PIC to key that and I 
> am sure you RX'd it. I have Op coded with 1/3 missing data in various 
> ways, that was on 500K of course.
>> who  had  the  qrss + psk31  beacon with a  short  Ae  , back  on 500 K 
>> ?.   got  one  view  of the
>> qrss   call  from  that  .
>
> Was that JNT ? although he has a fair size antenna.
>> The  new  U3  implementation  allows  for  mixed mode  beacons  ,  G0MJI 
>> has  been  running  on on MF this  week  , as  well as   band stepping 
>> on HF ........ waiting  for the  up grade to  be  released
>
> Well erm, yes you have Rx'd another beta ver.
>> 2 mode  rx  Problem is the  separation  , but  I think  the   sdr  from 
>> Israel  has dual  watch  facility ,  which  would  help  ...   what  is 
>> the  carrier  separation , if it  was   3KHz  , then  6 KHz  b/w  and 
>> bfo  set to  mid  , would  recover  [ opera works  usb/lsb]    the  2 
>> modes  ..
>
> Separation of dial freq is 2.8KHz. You could put one at the top of window 
> and one at the bottom. Best and fairest way, and I will twist Colin's arm 
> for a test period and let you know too, would be to put them both on the 
> same frequency, then I can resonate the antenna on the freq. instead of 
> guessing on a mid point.
>
> Eddie
>