I have had many across the pond WSPR reports over the years.
I'll have to give JT65 a try as well.
Mike va3mw
On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Jim. Maybe I'll stick with WSPR, at least for awhile. Per the Sept.
> 10 thread about VK2KRR, there seems to be some 160m activity on that mode.
>
> I've enjoyed WSPR in the past, but the Linux version of the software I was
> using at the time would crash at odd intervals. Hopefully, downloading the
> latest version will solve that.
>
> I do have a good sound card. It's an older Creative Labs PCI card, but it's
> proven to be as good as they get for digging the weakest signals out of the
> noise.
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat,9/12/2015 7:33 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
> >
> >> How much of this was JT9? Is it ALL JT65?
> >>
> >
> > It's all JT65.
> >
> > Notice all the CQs going unanswered. ... many stations using it are
> > running QRP into wet strings, and they can't hear.
> > ... The quality of the A/D converter also matters a lot. A good outboard
> > sound card will decode 10-12 dB further down into the noise than the
> sound
> > cards built into most computers.
> >
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