[Skimmertalk] Couple of questions

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Thanks Wes.

I have run my CW skimmer on and off for years.  I just put it back on 
the air a while back.  I was asked about adding RTTY from a local RTTY 
big gun.

I obviously had never paid any attention to the 160 decoders before.  
The computer handles the CW just fine but as soon as I turn on the RTTY 
server I get the overload message on the skimserver.

Can I run the RTTY skimmer on just a couple of bands while CW on 7 bands 
with the QSR1 or does it not work that way.  Right now the RTTY decoder 
is trying to decode on 80,40,30,20,15 and 10....

I used the setup guide that I think Pete made for CW and RTTY with the 
QSR1.  I need to get that other computer going and see what processor it 
has.  This computer it is on now is a 4 cord amd 3.5 ghz  cpu but it is 
pretty old.

Thanks all for the quick replies!

W0MU


On 12/19/2016 8:35 PM, Wes Cosand wrote:
> Hi Mike:
>
> At about 10 pm local time I have 500 CW decoders on 160 meters using 
> 192 khz bandwidth and CW Segment. (My 10-80 meter HyTowerJr antenna 
> was damaged last week in an ice storm so it isn't an optimal 160 
> antenna.)
>
> If there are any SSB signals you will probably get large numbers of 
> decoders, depending on your bandwidth and your CW segment parameter in 
> your ini file.
>
> Gain some comfort running just the CW skimmer server first before 
> adding RTTY.  Watch the CPU load as you change the number of bands, 
> the bandwidth, and the CW segments.
>
> Then begin adding RTTY, copying and pasting the CenterFreq parameter 
> line and the SegmentSel line.  Keep narrow RTTY Segments at first, 
> watching the Available Resources meter on the RTTY Skimmer 
> application.  Hope I haven't forgotten something important... sigh...
>
> Feel free to email me if you have questions.  It takes a fast machine 
> to do much with both skimmers at the same time but your son's older I7 
> ought to do reasonably well.
>
> The 30 day trial isn't crippled in any way.
>
> Wes WZ7I
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:46 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com 
> <mailto:w0mu at w0mu.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have a QSR1 and have broadcast band filter on my antenna which
>     currently is a Cushcraft R8 10-40m.  I am getting over 100 to 200
>     decoders on 160 cw???  Is there something I need to do with the
>     receiver to adjust the noise level or something?  I turned off 160
>     and then I started seeing decoders popping on 15m and the band is
>     dead. I restarted the QSR1 and that seemed to stop the 15m issue
>     but the 160 one continues to grow.
>
>     I attempted to run an RTTY skimmer on the same computer but it
>     appears to be under powered to handle the task.  It is an older
>     quad core with 16 GB of ram.  Adding in the RTTY component was
>     killer.    I guess I will try one of my son's older gaming rigs
>     which I think is an I7 and see if that can handle the load.  I
>     checked my ini files and they are in sync.  Is there anything else
>     to check before attempt to load up the other machine.  I am using
>     the 30 day trial of the the RTTYserver.  That should not be an
>     issue should it?
>
>     Thanks for the help
>
>     W0MU
>
>
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