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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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. > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
