I'm still working on it, but it seems to be working today! It was a strange phenomenon replicated on different machines. I suspect is not RBN or Flex related but something related to a VAC setting and CW Skimmer.
Andy K3UK On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for reporting this, Andy. I don't think it is the RBN that's > off, because each RBN station independently makes its own reading of the > spotted station's frequency, and we don't tamper with that at the server. > We do dynamically check spots made by each station with a complex dynamic > network of reference stations (also on the RBN), and quickly notify anyone > who is off-frequency by more than +/- 0.2 KHz. > > I suspect this is something in your Flex setup, but I can't begin to guess > what it might be. Have you talked to VE2WU? Marten has a Skimmer running > on his Flex, with no big frequency discrepancies. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, > blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. > For spots, please go to your favorite > ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. > > On 6/14/2013 7:11 PM, Andrew O'Brien wrote: > > You may recall a thread a couple of weeks ago about getting the frequency > readout of a Flex radio to match the frequency reported in CW Skimmer. > I've set up three different Flex radios (one 1500, two 3000's) on 4 > different computers following detailed instructions for PowerSDR, Cw > Skimmer, and VAC. I concluded that none were aligned correctly but now I am > wondering if my reference point is what is throwing me off. If I decode a > CW signal with the new Flex 3000 , the frequency read out of the Flex and > Cw Skimmer are aligned correctly. However, when I check reports on the > reverse beacon network from OTHER stations, the reported signal differs > from my radio substantially. It seems to me that the reverse beacon folks > are reporting the wrong frequency. However, I know the RBN folks take > accuracy seriously. > > Example YU6DX is reported by RBN > > > dxfreqcq/dxsnrspeedtimeDF7GB <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/DF7GB> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/DF7GB> > YU6DX <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX>14006.1CW CQ12 dB32 wpm2304z > 14 JunON5KQ <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/ON5KQ> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/ON5KQ> > YU6DX<http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX> > 14006.0CW CQ20 dB32 wpm2304z 14 > JunW4KAZ<http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/W4KAZ> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/W4KAZ> > YU6DX <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX> > <http://www.reversebeacon.net/qrz/rbn/YU6DX>14006.0CW CQ36 dB32 wpm2304z > 14 Jun > > but I am seeing him at 14057 , that is a BIG difference. If I tune to WWV > at 10 and 15 mHZ, the WWV signal is aligned in both PowerSDR and CW > Skimmer at the correct frequency. > > No spur reduction here, running CW-U in PowerSDR. > > ANdu K3UK > _______________________________________________ > Skimmertalk mailing > [email protected]http://dayton.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/skimmertalk > > > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other technical SDR topics.
