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Too funny (WSPR)
One of my tests of the new 20 kHz bandwidth mode was to run my Kiwi with 3 simultaneous connections, each using the WSPR extension, to put some load on the system. My active antenna coupler has been broken for months now as evidenced by the "flatline" waterfall/spectrum I have (save the Ethernet spurs). I think there is a broken wire, component etc. someplace such that I essentially have an air gap in the connection (AM BCB signals are 45 dB down from where they should be). So I didn't expect the WSPR decoder itself to be running for long after the two minute capture window.
Well, you can guess what comes next. I take a look 30 minutes later and all 3 bands (40m/30m/20m) are filled with WSPR decodes. Including a guy 400 km away running 10 mW on 30m. This was in the middle of the day. SMH. From the upload to wsprnet.org:
Well, you can guess what comes next. I take a look 30 minutes later and all 3 bands (40m/30m/20m) are filled with WSPR decodes. Including a guy 400 km away running 10 mW on 30m. This was in the middle of the day. SMH. From the upload to wsprnet.org:
26 spots:
Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az
2018-12-31 01:34 ZL1TIU 7.040105 -26 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:32 ZL2MWS 10.140160 -22 2 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:28 ZL2MWS 10.140246 -21 2 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:25 ZL1TIU 10.140203 -15 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:25 ZL2IK 10.140241 -6 0 RF74ci 1 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 285 142
2018-12-31 01:25 ZL1VCC 14.097009 -6 0 RF81cu 5 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 56 0
2018-12-31 01:20 ZL1ER 14.097151 -15 0 RF81du 0.05 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 56 352
2018-12-31 01:20 ZL2MWS 10.140130 -17 1 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:18 ZL1TIU 14.097104 -25 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:16 ZL2IK 10.140243 -5 0 RF74ci 1 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 285 142
2018-12-31 01:16 ZL1TIU 10.140203 -16 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:14 ZL1VCC 14.097008 -9 -1 RF81cu 5 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 56 0
2018-12-31 01:14 ZL1TIU 7.040105 -22 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:12 ZL2MWS 10.140145 -20 0 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:08 ZL1ER 14.097151 -21 0 RF81du 0.05 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 56 352
2018-12-31 01:08 ZL2MWS 10.140150 -21 0 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:06 ZL2IK 10.140243 -5 0 RF74ci 1 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 285 142
2018-12-31 01:06 ZL1TIU 10.140203 -15 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:04 ZL2MWS 10.140137 -21 1 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 01:04 ZL1TIU 7.040105 -24 -1 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 01:02 ZL1VCC 14.097009 -25 -1 RF81cu 5 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 56 0
2018-12-31 00:56 ZL2MWS 10.140183 -25 2 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
2018-12-31 00:56 ZL2IK 10.140242 -8 0 RF74ci 1 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 285 142
2018-12-31 00:56 ZL1TIU 10.140203 -7 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 00:54 ZL1TIU 7.040105 -21 0 RF73je 0.2 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 156 127
2018-12-31 00:52 ZL2MWS 10.140144 -22 0 RE78mv 0.01 ZL/KF6VO RF82ci 397 15
Comments
I once left an extra WSPR instance running, sourced by accident by a built-in laptop microphone, across the room from a running receiver that had its audio turned all the way down (I thought). I could hear nothing in the room. Like you, I came back a few hours later to find the screen of the laptop full of WSPR decodes.
I thought someone was playing a joke on my at first!
Glenn n6gn