VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

You could try CW Pete......

I never met Dave in the flesh but a true gentleman of radio......an extremely keen but an extremely courteous operator who to me over 40 years of operating always demonstrated what could only be described as the "true radio ham spirit". Despite the "tag" of some very bad operator...

There are also obvious advantages in the coding and bandwidth reduction techniques....and that is the secret. The advantages of averaging, reduced bandwidth coding, plus receiver signal recovery make this mode (today) at the sharp end of extreme weak signal recovery. Check is out: 2015-01-26 19:26 E...

Sorry Scott about your name......... I was in dream world .......

G'day again Steve.......... There are a plethora of things at play here but I tend to reduce a problem to it's lowest common denominator, which in a nutshell means the most likely cause. This "frequency" selective path effect is not a new phenomena and is a critical parameter in any link o...

Hi Scott.....I'm not overlay familiar any with the details of the path but I can see that there is an obvious problem with obstructions. My first question would be ....Was the gear working ? (sorry but that's the most obvious) Secondly, because the path is obscured then we have to take into account ...

Hi Jen do you think, I recon you've seen better legs on a table :D Yes, what about the quintessential Rock Star.......Gav you sounded like Rod Stewart on AU backscatter. Not a good look! or sound as the case maybe :D Had a good session on the hill, as per usual the weather plays a big part in the en...

Chas...I'm blushing, you didn't get my best side......My back!

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Hi Chas

No difference noted here........ 59.....LOUD

Appreciate the effort from both you & David (I'm sure Ken's handy work is in there as well) . I can testify that both beacons have been ON for a very long time.

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Hi Luke Yes, the "DX"on 160mx is not really dependent on Solar radiation in the same way that 6mx is. When I mention the parallels it's more about the propagation. Occasionally ....that means "not very often"....you get a pipeline effect where DX stations are biblically strong bu...

Thanks Luke Mixed bag here of NBN satellite and 3G....go figure! The household (aka my son) uses virtually all the bandwidth on the NBN, while I wallow around on the 3G. It's one of those gonna jobs...I had network connectivity to the house via a long haul wireless LAN modem but things changed. I'll...

Hi Leigh

RR....I'll tick the box tonight.....Limited BW out in the sticks!

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Thanks Al..... Was an interesting session last night an here's example of signals decoded: 1058 5 -1.1 1.838102 0 VK2KRR QF34 43 1126 -3 -0.5 1.838047 1 VK5AKK PF94 40 1138 9 -2.4 1.838102 0 VK2KRR QF34 43 1140 -4 -0.6 1.838047 0 VK5AKK PF94 40 1154 -5 -1.7 1.838047 0 VK5AKK PF94 40 1154 9 -2.0 1.83...

Hey Guys

Timing looks better....more consistent. Tx again tonight 160mx WSPR......

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Sounds like it will stir up some activity! It's an amazing mode of propagation that has the potential to be used by all!

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HI Guys

Finally considered using Dimension 4, for NTP updates, not a fan be we'll see how we go? I'll be txing again tonight on 160mx WSPR let me know if I loose time sync. I know my puta time drifts so we'll now see if the DM4 app. keeps time sync for me.

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HI Crew Well we are always keen to look further a field. It would be nice to get more stations active on this mode. Wayne....If you are JT65 capable then you are FSK441 capable, both modes are a subset of the same application (WSJT). Success rate for Meteor scatter is fluky, success can be enhanced ...

Ha.... it's not what they are designed to do but what they can do for us!

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I did take sometime collating all the data, some of the Pacific Island data was not so obvious. The beauty I think of the VORs as an MUF/path indicator is they are so widely dispersed. It is amazing how often DX VORs are detected. I remember distinctly one late night (around 11.00 pm & long befo...

Hi folks.... While things were a bit quiet on the RF propagation side of things I've taken the opportunity to enter all the Australian, New Zealand and close in Pacific island VOR information in the Early Warning database. You'll need to select 108 to 144 MHz frequency range and then select all. The...