Too funny (WSPR)

jksjks
edited December 2018 in Signals Received
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: 
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
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Comments

  • elitedataelitedata
    could this have been the result of a very low noise level because of the broken coupler ?
  • WA2ZKDWA2ZKD
    broken wire SNR is the same as non-broken as long as not system noise limited
  • n6gnn6gn
    It really is a (pleasant) laugh with WSPR sometimes. What we think of as "quiet" and what it sees as quiet can really be different.

    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
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