Nick -
I'm referring to the simple method of clicking on the Perseus
playback bar to advance about a minute, then playback a few seconds
and use your ears to tell you if anything is there.
No science needed.
Chuck
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?
As this thread was about methods of TP DXing, Chuck, could you please
explain further the "advance a Perseus file a minute at a time" Are
you talking about getting the results from the 1024 point full band
display? If so, perhaps I need to talk to your optometrist, as I
sure can't pick out carriers within 1 or 2 kHz on that display very
easily. If I expand the display out to just a portion of the MW
band, yes, even my old eyes can do it, but then doesn't it take a
long time to pick through the recording of the entire band?
Thanks.
Nick
At 02:02 2018-09-21, Chuck Hutton wrote:
>....
>
>
>As for the Fish Barrel: what's the value to SDR owners? I'm not seeing it.
>
>
>For doing checks to see if a channel is strong enough to bother
>listening to, I'd suggest the Data File Analyzer in SDR Console.
>That;s it's job. But I don't think that is much of a problem.
>Advancing a perseus file playback a minute or so at a time will
>catch most anything.
>
>
>
>Chuck
>
>
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>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:19 PM
>To: ken brookner; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?
>
>Ken
>
>My morning listening is usually done by programming the SDR to record
>the AM band from about an hour before to a half hour after local sunrise
>(sometimes longer). I can then either listen in real time or play back
>the recording later in the day The main advantages of this approach:
>- I don't miss anything if I oversleep or have to leave before the DX
>fades out (the latter is less relevant now that I'm retired)
>- If conditions are rotten, I haven't wasted much time
>- I can listen at my own speed and find the stations that fade up for
>only a short amount of time
>- I can check many frequencies for IDs at the top of the hour
>- I can multitask while the recording is being made and not worry about
>missing an ID because I was only half-listening while exercising,
>reading the news, or eating breakfast
>
>I keep forgetting to check the fish barrel in the morning, but I agree
>it's a valuable tool. That's a habit I should start.
>
>When I play back the files, I usually setup the SDR software to display
>200-300 kHz (such as 531-830 , 830-1030, etc) worth of spectrum and then
>look for 9 kHz carriers on the display. I'll check the signals one at a
>time and gradually move through the files in chronological order until
>the DX fades out or the recording ends. Then I move onto the next chunk
>of spectrum and repeat the process. Eventually I reach then end of the
>AM band and can then get on with my life again. All the while, I'm
>jotting my notes into an email which is eventually cleaned up and sent.
>
>Bruce
>
>On 9/20/2018 13:09, ken brookner wrote:
> > Hi Everybody...
> >
> > I enjoy reading everyone's logs during the week and I've been curious
> > about what your routine is... Are you up and doing this real time,
> > SDR catches?
> >
> > Are you scanning up the band from the bottom or tuning the splits? How
> > much time are you spending?
> >
> > When I was a kid, I used to turn my days and nights around during the
> > summer school breaks so I could tune for stations during darkness.
> > Not possible for me now and I don't expect anyone does that here,
> > though maybe you guys are very early risers..
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ken
> > Lummi Island, WA
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