[Skimmertalk] CWS and PowerSDR again..

Pete Smith N4ZR n4zr at contesting.com
Fri Jan 1 17:08:52 EST 2016


Andy, you might want to be in touch with VE2WU,  I believe he has had 
some similar issues and might be able to help.  You might also re[ost 
this on the RBN-OPS at yahoogroups.com reflector, which is rather larger 
than the Skimmertalk group.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/1/2016 3:45 PM, Andrew O'Brien wrote:
> I often have months where CW Skimmer, PowerSDR and my Flex 3K work together
> perfectly. Then inexplicably the display in CW Skimmer is WAY OFF the
> actual frequency and no amount of logical adjustments solve the problem.
> Then, perhaps a few days after I have given up following hours of trying to
> fix, all is magically working again. Today, while PowerSDR is tuned to 7050
> CW , Cw Skimmer is displaying the tell-tale images of JT65A that reside at
> 7076!
> So, since many posts about correct configuration are old links, I wanted to
> double check my assumptions about correctly align CW Skimmer with PowerSDR.
> Comments appreciated .
> In PowerSDR ... (General tab) IF Hz = 9000 . (Audio Tab) OUTPUT TO VAC
> Checked .
> In CW Skimmer SOFTROCK-IF selected . CW Pitch 600, Audio IF Hz = 9000
>
> Anything obvious missing ?
>
>
> Sometimes when off by many Khz, I can get close by changing the audio IF in
> CW Skimmer. I trim it up or down by a few hundred Hz, but just as I think I
> am getting close, it zooms to a WAY off range again. If I leave it for a
> few days, it seems to fix self.  Clicking on a stream within CW Skimmer
> causes skimmer to move up or down, so you never land on a desired stream.
>
> Others report this issue too.
>
>
> Andy K3UK
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