[Skimmertalk] 8 bands/CPU overload/NDB's

[Martin Rath]

Hi Grant,

Are you also running RTTY Skimmer at the same time ? While your CPU is not
the most powerful it should not struggle too much just skimming CW.

I face similar issues on my i5 2500k @ 4.2 Ghz when running 2 sessions of
RTTY and CW Skimmer accross 10 bands. (But don't have anywhere as much as
decoders as most of you guys have).

73's Martin 9V1RM

On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 at 13:22, Grant La Delle <b748 at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks to Bob for the great news on 8 bands with the RP.
>
> If it helps anyone else, my upgrade went ok, but I couldn't SSH in to my
> RP after the upgrade. The RP had a steady amber LED.
>
> I de powered for 20 seconds, same result.
>
> Only after another de power, this time for 30 seconds, did my RP start
> normally.
>
> I am running CW Skimmer Server and Aggregator using Bootcamp and W7 on a
> Mac Book Pro i5 3210M @ 2.5 Ghz with 4 GB of RAM. If I try 8 bands at
> once, I get 'CPU overload'. 7 bands is ok.
>
> According to the Skimmer Sever Status tab, the 'CPU overload' message
> seems to occur at about 30% CPU load. The tab also indicates 4 CPU's are
> installed.
>
> However when I start Task Manager, it shows one CPU at about 90%, the
> second CPU at about 50% and CPU's 3 and 4 about idle.
>
> CW Skimmer Server does not appear to be using all 4 CPU's? Is there any
> way I can enable that please?
>
> Also, I am interested in decoding aviation Non Directional Beacons
> (NDB). Will CW Skimmer Server and/or Aggregator show 3 letter callsigns,
> sent at about 5 WPM, on my local PC? I think I might need a low pass
> filter.
>
> Any advice appreciated, thanks.
>
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