[Mldxcc] Was: K1N Now: RTTY

[Alan Maenchen]

Rick,

I looked at the photos and it seems they are being forced to operate at the
park headquarters in Wafer bay.  I've been there (2002 - TI9M) and we had
to negotiate with the park ranger to operate from Chatham bay. It was
awkward negotiation since we really had no leverage, but they relented and
allowed us to operate from Chatham. It takes persistence.

The difference is huge!  Wafer bay has very high and steep mountains in all
directions except SW to W. So, I'm not surprised that no one in EU can hear
them .. NA is also difficult from there.  By contrast, Chatham bay has
across water path from NW to almost directly E.
http://www.dive-the-world.com/maps-cocos-island.php

That said, there is a reason the rangers don't want operation in Chatham.
There is virtually no land to set up a tent that doesn't get underwater at
high tide. The tide swing is huge.

I have many stories about Cocos. It's a beautiful island. Wish I could go
back there.
Remember the helicopter entry to Jurassic Park (the movie)? That big
waterfall?  That was filmed at Cocos.

73, Alan  AD6E / KH6TU




On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Rick WA6NHC <wa6nhc at comcast.net> wrote:

> One more 'cute' trick that can be used with a second receiver is to feed
> the audio to DM-780, a program within the HRD suite.  One of the features
> of DM-780 is that using "SuperSweeper" you can decode much like CW Skimmer,
> but in ANY digital mode, so you can see all of the QSO's in progress scroll
> across your audio spectrum.
>
> So not only could you see on the panadapter, you could watch the text
> scroll by for "599" or similar.
>
> I've used this feature, but not in this manner.  The more streams you want
> to decode at the same time, the more processing power is needed.
>
> Standard Caveat: I have no pecuniary interest but I am a HRD beta tester,
> always running the latest evolution.
>
> Rick nhc
>
> PS The TI9 crew is currently on PSK mode on 20 meters (can't hear them
> now, but others are working them).  A non-standard and interesting approach
> to the digital mode.  Alas on 40, as per usual, they're favoring EU much of
> the time.  They're also taking more breaks than...  well you figure it
> out.  Tiny bladders?
>
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