VLF,
Edgar has sent me a txt file which i converted into a wav file using
Markus' tools. The file starts 15:11 UTC and covers nearly 9 hours, so
it covers the complete time where i transmitted on 17470.1 Hz.
I tried to decode a '*' EbNaut message taking 8 hours, without sucess.
Then i moved the file on the Linux PC and tried to decode an '*' EbNaut
message again, which is equal than analysing a carrier.
BTW my antenna current was just 900 mA at times. I could run 1.5 A, so
i'm missing 4.4 dB! This is not acceptable at all. I need to build a
better PA quickly.
I quickly wrote a script to generate the SNR of a carrier with variable
time offset (in 10 minute steps; relative to the file start) and
variable length. This way we can see how dynamic the propagation
(phase!) changes.
Working together with vlfrx tools and Microsoft EXCEL!!! is a thing
that some people don't like :-)
But this is how i can do it as fast as possible at the moment.
Attached you see a mst confusing series of graphs. Selfeexplaining for
some, but, well you can for example see that a 2 hour long carrier at 6.3
dB SNR 138.9 uHz can be extracted when applying a time offset
of 4.5 hours to the file start.
You can also see that a 4 hour long carrier will only reach about 3 dB
SNR in 69.4 uHz!
BTW i ignored the 20 minute transmission break from last night, which
will cause a small error.
Now we could generate another set of graphs showing how it looks when
applying the brand new iqnorm script by Paul.
And we can see how the curves develop when stacking two or more files!
This will tell something about the reproducability of the obviously
quite dynamic phase...
So far so good. The TX is running again, same procedure than
yesterday...
73, Stefan
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