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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #300 on: March 06, 2021, 0249 UTC »
Variable wind ditting and a solid signal this evening. TMP 67 B 120  02:47 UTC 06 MAR 2021
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #301 on: March 06, 2021, 1839 UTC »
~1200 UTC 06 MAR 2021:  "TMP 56 B 118" with steady wind pips.   Peaked about 1/2 hour before sunrise here.

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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #302 on: March 07, 2021, 1458 UTC »
1123 UTC 07 MAR 2021:  "TMP 56 B 115" with slow wind.  Exceptionally quiet conditions this morning, otherwise I doubt I would have heard it.

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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #303 on: March 08, 2021, 1121 UTC »
A good signal this morning, first heard 1050 UTC and still coming in 1121 UTC 8 Mar 2021, sending normal telemetry.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #304 on: March 09, 2021, 1126 UTC »
"S" heard 1126 UTC 9 Mar 2021.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #305 on: March 10, 2021, 1110 UTC »
Normal telemetry from Windy 1107 UTC 10 Mar 2021, sounds fairly windy this morning.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #306 on: March 11, 2021, 1123 UTC »
Windy with normal telemetry 1121 UTC 11 Mar 2021
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #307 on: March 12, 2021, 1115 UTC »
Possibly a very faint "S" at 1115 UTC 12 Mar 2021
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #308 on: March 15, 2021, 1108 UTC »
"S" heard 1105 UTC 15 Mar 2021.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #309 on: March 16, 2021, 0949 UTC »
Weak but normal telemetry 0948 UTC 16 Mar 2021.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #310 on: March 18, 2021, 1152 UTC »
Normal telemetry heard circa 1100 UTC this morning, 18 Mar 2021. Still heard 1153 UTC, but weaker.
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #311 on: March 21, 2021, 0257 UTC »
Windy is ditting away coming in 10 to 20 dB over the noise on the KX3/PX3

TMP  67

B  11.0
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #312 on: March 22, 2021, 1650 UTC »
very weak dits and unreadable telemetry here at home
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #313 on: March 23, 2021, 0314 UTC »

Windy is again ditting away with a quick breeze and coming in 10 to 20 dB over the noise on the KX3/PX3
TMP  63
B  11.7

Frequency seems to pull downwards a little when sending Morse Code
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Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« Reply #314 on: March 25, 2021, 1526 UTC »
4 dits
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