Hi Dave, OmniRig is not a program, it is just an engine that a client application can use to change the settings of the radio, and to be notified when those ...
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ik7jwy
Apr 16, 2008 6:56 am
... HI, the problem has been fixed. In the development version 3.20 of wintest the Packet parser has been modified to comply with the CWSkimmer telnet ...
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Dave Baxter
g8kbv
Apr 16, 2008 9:03 am
Thanks Alex... Understood, I think... But... I need this to work alongside OmniRig, as that will continue to control the radio, so surely Faros needs to know...
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johnson.jim65
Apr 16, 2008 2:03 pm
I wonder if this has been implemented? If so, how do you set the exchange number? Great training program, thank you very much Jim/KC4HW ... number ... the...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 17, 2008 12:30 pm
Excellent! 73, Pete N4ZR...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 19, 2008 10:28 am
The reverse beacon network has started to take off. As I write this, we have 10 CW Skimmer reverse beacons active, and 16 have been on the network in the last...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 20, 2008 2:27 pm
I'm getting some odd results from comparison tests between my SoftRock 20 and the SDR-IQ, used with CW Skimmer. During the YU contest today, over a span of...
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k0ivk
Apr 21, 2008 4:24 pm
I have the RF Space SDR-IQ RX, I downloaded the trial CW Skimmer but I need information on how to connect the Audio I/O. Do I need 2 sound cards installed?...
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Alex, VE3NEA
alshovk
Apr 21, 2008 5:06 pm
Hi Joe, You need only one soundcard for audio output, the input is done via the USB connection to the radio. Make sure that you have v.1.1 of CW Skimmer, v.1.0...
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k0ivk
Apr 21, 2008 6:31 pm
Alex Thanks for the reply. I have V1.1 and I think I have everything set as per the help file for the SDR-IQ. I selected the SDR-IQ in the Hdwe type, I've...
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Alex, VE3NEA
alshovk
Apr 21, 2008 6:48 pm
Joe, Do not run SpectraVue when CW Skimmer is running in the SDR-IQ mode. Make sure that the dll is registered as described in the Help file. Please send your...
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bill_w4zv
Apr 22, 2008 11:04 am
... Same here. I'm using a beta version of N8LP's LP-PAN which provides I-Q detection for the Elecraft K3's wideband buffered output. It seems my Skimmer is...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 22, 2008 11:50 am
I think this is two different issues. Jerry is talking about the 3 KHz radio mode, which uses a soundcard to decode the audio from the receiver. Bill is...
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bill_w4zv
Apr 23, 2008 4:40 pm
Hi Pete, ... the ... I'm only seeing 3 kHz on the display but I think it may be capturing signals further away...the bands are so poor I'm having trouble ...
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bill_w4zv
Apr 23, 2008 9:19 pm
... Since the bands are so poor I downloaded the pileup file (FJ/OH2AM) and my system seemed to handle it fairly well. 67 calls identified between 7006.4 and...
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larry_putman
Apr 24, 2008 4:15 pm
Hi All, Is there anyway I can take and ascii file of just 6 letter gridsquare and convert it to a pin file for Dx Atlas?? Thanks Larry Putman WB3ANQ...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 24, 2008 9:48 pm
... Your wish is my command, sir ;^) With a 2.2 GHz Celeron, 768 MB DDR RAM (a VERY basic Dell 2400, four years old, With XP home SP2) I got the following...
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rt_tclay
Apr 25, 2008 10:23 pm
Is the reason you only see 3 KHz because you haven't resized the Skimmer window? Just drag the bottom edge to make it bigger. Tor N4OGW...
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rt_tclay
Apr 26, 2008 4:16 am
... with Similar results here on the CQWW file. Running with graphics window shrunk down. XP Pro SP2. 1) old 1 GHz AMD Athlon. 1.25 GB RAM maxed out 100% CPU,...
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bill_w4zv
Apr 26, 2008 1:20 pm
Thanks Pete and Tor! Yes Tor, I simply had not discovered how to increase the window size on the display. How do you feel about Skimmer's ability to decode...
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rt_tclay
Apr 26, 2008 6:01 pm
... not ... decoders ... seen I don't know for sure, but I think the program just uses the green bar setting for the audio output filter width. I can copy...
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Erwin Witt
dk5ew
Apr 26, 2008 6:05 pm
Hi all, for a new sporadic-E project on http://www.mmmonvhf.de I may need some help of the group. I need to draw a line on a map from one grid to another f.e....
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 26, 2008 7:33 pm
... Hi Bill - I think you may need to do some experimenting to maximize Skimmer's weak-signal performance. I may have mentioned this already, but a great deal...
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Pete Smith
n4zr
Apr 26, 2008 7:38 pm
... One of the most effective tricks is to uncheck the "Adaptive"; decoder box, and set a specified maximum number of decoders. Hitting 100% isn't so ...
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g0dja
Apr 28, 2008 10:11 pm
I've only just joined the group, and started to use Skimmer, so apologies if this has been asked before. I'm more into VHF and UHF than HF, so I have a...
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David Ackrill
g0dja
Apr 29, 2008 12:00 pm
... I don't know why I wrote 50km, it's actually 217km away. I think I was thinking of the much closer one at Emley Moor (GB3MLE) which is about 47km and is a...
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Alex, VE3NEA
alshovk
Apr 29, 2008 1:57 pm
Hi Dave, The bandwidth of the input signal in the 3-kHz mode must be 3 kHz. If it is less than that, the sensitivity of the decoder drops significantly. Your ...
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David Ackrill
g0dja
Apr 29, 2008 2:40 pm
... Thanks for the explanation Alex, I guess that's because I was using the 'CW' setting on my TS2000X, the width setting was 2000Hz. I will try again using...
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David Ackrill
g0dja
Apr 29, 2008 2:53 pm
... Ooops, that's a typo of course. The maximum width, with the TS2000X in USB, is 5000Hz. Dave (G0DJA)...
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David Ackrill
g0dja
Apr 29, 2008 3:08 pm
Thinking ahead a little... Is there a way to use the SDR-IQ/14 as a transverter IF, but have the Skimmer log the spots on a different frequency? For instance,...
