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Author Topic: VMC 5100 FAX 1017 UTC 22 May 2017  (Read 1695 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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VMC 5100 FAX 1017 UTC 22 May 2017
« on: May 22, 2017, 1303 UTC »
Noticed VMC Charleville Australia sending fax while checking out the 60 meter band this morning:

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Re: VMC 5100 FAX 1017 UTC 22 May 2017
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 1705 UTC »
That's decent copy for so far away. The timing issues make me wonder wtf is going on tho.
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Re: VMC 5100 FAX 1017 UTC 22 May 2017
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2017, 1747 UTC »
Chris - nice copy - you will also find pretty easy catches from ZKLF Wellington, NZ at that time - I have some incredibly clear images from them often before about 1200z here near Chicago
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Re: VMC 5100 FAX 1017 UTC 22 May 2017
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2017, 1635 UTC »
This is your fax without a locked output fractional resampler;
https://postimg.org/image/r2ip7e2th/

This is your fax with a locked output fractional resampler;
https://postimg.org/image/wtwj4ark3/

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