[Skimmertalk] [RBN-OPS] false 6 meter spots

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Have you tried "listening" to your QS1R when the false spots are showing
up?  This is pretty easy to do using CWSL_Tee to listen to the QS1R (or
other SDR) while it is running CW Skimmer Server.  You should be able to
see those false images and spots as signals, in real time, then make
adjustments to see if you can make the images go away.

Download CWSL_Tee.zip and IPP51.zip from

https://github.com/HrochL/CWSL/tree/master/bin


Unzip IPP51 and run the installer (setup.exe).

Unzip CWSL_Tee.zip and copy CWSL_Tee.dll to your SkimSrv installation
directory.  Start SkimSrv and select "CWSL_Tee on Quicksilver QS1R" as the
SDR.

Download and install HDSDR from:

http://www.hdsdr.de/


Copy ExtIO_CWSL.dll to the HDSDR installation directory, then start HDSDR.
Select ExtIO_CWSL.dll if prompted to pick a DLL.  Then you should be able
to "watch" what is happening on the same bands that are being skimmed.
False images should be apparent in the waterfall display as synchronized
signal traces.

(I haven't tried this with my QS1R, which is dead, but it works well with
the Red Pitaya and it should work the same).

Please let us know if this works for you, and helps you to discover the
source of the false signal images.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Tom Berry <tberry1 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Andy,  Yes I know what you mean.   I'm not sure what causes that.
>
> 73 Tom AA4VV
>
> On 7/6/2017 12:30 PM, Andy KU7T wrote:
>
>>
>> What at the reasons that skimmer seems to produce more busted spots on
>> 6m? I have asked this myself before…
>>
>> I too have experienced this with my QS1R and gave up as I spotted a few
>> European stations that clearly were not there. I have not this issue on 10
>> and spot quite a few beacons during the day.  I am using a minicurcuits
>> pre-amp. I would like to enable skimming on 6m but sort of gave up…
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> KU7T
>
>