Look for Mestor, a good program for timed recordings. I use it without
fail in newfoundland in November. If you have any trouble setting it up,
let me know. If I can't help, Chuck Hutton is a master at Mestor.
Nineteen channels seems a lot more manageable than 540-1700 recordings
which seem to take me forever to get through.
Jim Renfrew
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm returning to medium wave, broadcast band DXing after being out of the
> game for an extended time. Though I've owned the SDR-IQ for many years,
> I've never seriously used it for DXing the AM band.
>
> I'd like to record Top of the Hour (TOH) periods when stations are
> required to identify for each hour of the day, starting at just before
> local sunset, and continuing all night. Then review these recordings the
> next day. I'd like to limit the amount of time recorded to approximately 3
> minutes per hour, using the full bandwidth of the receiver. That would give
> me 19 "channels" of information to review each hour. That's still a lot of
> audio to wade through, but I think it's manageable.
>
> I can't be the only guy doing this, so I wonder if someone could recommend
> the best software for this application? I'd love to do everything in one
> piece of software, but can run multiple pieces of software if needed.
>
> I hope other DX'ers will take the time to share their recommendations.
> Also interested in hearing how other SDR users handle the logistics of
> managing the data, and making time to review it.
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
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