It seems the gps derived carrier is behaving itself so let's try: 137.477 kHz, 7 Chars, 8K19A, 3 s symbols, 608 symbols, starting 1600 ut and at 1 hr intervals, 50 watts to the momopole. 73 Joe VO1NA
Joe Didn't get a chance to check last night but good copy mid day and this afternoon. 12/25/18 VO1NA 137477 8K19A CRC16 3 sec sym 7 char 1600z Rank 0 Eb/Naut 16.4 dB PHOTON 1700z Rank 0 Eb/Naut 15.4
Hi Jay, Pleased to confirm the reception. Garry K3SIW sent an email earlier that alerted me that I hadn't changed the message as intended so I'm grateful to him too. It is amazing what can be done on
Hi Joe, Had a chance to decode several periods this evening. Blockbuster signal if one can believe the reported Eb/N0 out of the decoder for the first two reported periods! 2200Z: Rank 0; Eb/N0 71.8
Thanks Rob, 72 dB is a bit suspicious isn't it? But 18 db and a rank 0 means you are receiving well I believe. Not bad for 5o watts and a high SWR on this end. Joe Hi Joe, Had a chance to decode seve
Indeed, a blockbuster signal - no symbol errors at all! The decoding program makes an estimate of Eb/N0 from the number of symbol errors. This fails, saturating at 71.8dB, when there are no errors. I
Paul, Thanks for the details regarding the Eb/N0 numbers - I though, perhaps, that the Eb/N0 was a default value it was much higher than SL Spectrum Display appeared to support. The carrier Eb/N0 for