It is a matter of deciBels as has been documented. Each time a stream is added in multi-stream there is a multi-dB power hit on all streams. This is what SF avoids but TANSTAAFL. You do lose some sensitivity but at that point you would probably not be hearing multi-stream FH either. It seems like you were a victim of propagation. If you were copying three streams of FH you probably could have copied SF under the same conditions. Just a guess as there are multiple factors in play. I was decoding SF more reliably than anything over 2 FH streams. It is rare that I am able to copy three or more FH streams when prop is poor. Signals have to be very good. That is not the fault of the software, it is the limitations imposed by my antenna system and local noise floor vs. propagation conditions.
73 -Jim NU0C On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:10:02 -0400 Gary via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Perhaps it is a problem when running 5 streams. But my experience was > just the opposite. I could never hear them on SFox on any band. > Admittedly, I run a low profile station with an attic antennas. From > this perspective, SFox was a huge disappointment. It wasn't until they > switched to regular fox near the end of their deployment that I was able > to finally work them on 17 and 30. They were running 3 streams at the > time. Never decoded them once on Superfox on any band, after > frustratingly listening for them all week. > > 73 de Gary - W9BS > > On 8/24/2024 11:51 AM, Jim Shorney via wsjt-devel wrote: > > But the same can be said of multi-stream F/H. I can say with certainty that > > I have Super contacts in the log with N5J that I would not have if they had > > been using multi-stream. > > > > On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:48:02 +0000 (UTC) > > Greg Chartrand via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > >> The bottom line is SF mode IS self defeating when/where conditions are > >> marginal AND they are always marginal somewhere in the world > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel -- 73 -Jim NU0C _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
