[Moon-net] Fw: The adventures of PA2DW

[J.M.Prat]

Hi Dick

Some thing more was hapened if you never decoded PJ4EME ( not on call3 .txt 
database )  many times I have decoded stations not in call3.txt at -26 
to -28
( newcomers answerining my CQ ) only is necesary some QRZ periods and 
finally both calls apeared on AVERAGE TEXT  is only necesary some more Rx 
periods but with this signall level is posible to decode any incoming text 
by AVERAGE TEXT  not in call3.txt

73 de Josep EA3DXU


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DW Harms" <eqtc at xs4all.nl>
To: <moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 9:20 PM
Subject: [Moon-net] The adventures of PA2DW


>
> Moonnet de PA2DW,
>
> Yesterday I attempted to work PJ4EME. I was really surprised to see that
> their signal was a good -24 dB but I could NOT DECODE it with JT65b....
> So I just kept calling, hoping the system would eventually pick out the
> message, but alas!... My problem turned out to be that PJ4EME was not in 
> my
> call3.txt database!
>
> This made me wonder about the functionality of JT65b. I mean, I had the 
> deep
> search off and still JT65b needed the call PJ4EME to be added to the
> database to decode the message? That should not be the case I would say.
> When I did turn on the deepsearch, the system replied with "*" and that
> makes sense. It means "I see a message, but it does not match PA2DW 
> PJ4EME".
> But how on earth can JT65b refuse to decode a signal of -24 dB, wihout
> having PJ4EME in the database? Perhaps Joe can shine his light on this.
>
> Any way, this nice adventure ended in a very strange way. Still calling
> PJ4EME, suddenly I saw my power dropping and at that very moment someone
> ringed the door. It was a little boy and his father, telling my antenna 
> had
> caught fire and that one part of it was "launched" and now layed on the
> street in front of our house. That was my dipole... and still being partly
> on fire!
> So that means my dipole has some "RF-power limit" that I did not encounter
> before hi!! It could also be that the dipole was too badly damaged in the
> storm of last januari and had developed some mechanical weakness.
> Next week I will pick up new dipoles at I0JXX's stand at Ham-radio, so all
> will be fine again soon...
>
> VY 73, Dick PA2DW
>
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