Sunday, December 29, 2013

VHF Performance improvements


Well, the first sign of improvement on the new VHF setup came tonight.  I can now hear and exchange Digital signals on 146.500 with both Tom and Dave.   I have had success in the past doing digital simplex with Dave, but before tonight, I have not been able to send or hear Tom.   Success came tonight.  Could send and receive pretty well.

With Dave I could hear his signal as low as 10 watts.  He is 10.1 miles according to QRZ.  This is not bad in my opinion.

Voice with Tom is still a challenge. He is 9.9 miles according to QRZ.  I could hear him.  Not strong, but very clear.  He could not hear me.  Funny thing is I was putting out 50 watts and he was sending 5.   So the antenna at least is pretty sensitive.  Will have to check everything again to make sure I am not missing something on the transmit.

 It not do well with Richard who is across town from me (13.9 miles).  I could barely hear him above the static floor and he could not hear me at all.   Will have to continue to look into this.

Overall, some good improvement.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

VHF Permanent Installation


The JT1B antenna found its permanent home.  A 4x4 3 feet in the ground with 100lbs of concrete around the base.  Rises 7 feet in the air.  Attached to this base is 2 - 10 foot top rail fence segments getting the bottom of the antenna up to 20 feet.  So the bottom is at 20' and the top is at 36'.  Hopefully this will get it high enough for good simplex communications and out of the RF shadow being caused by the house.

It connects back to the house with 100' of LMR-400 cable.  Tests indicate the SWR at < 1.1:1  .





Saturday, December 21, 2013

LED Light Noise confirmed


I replaced the suspect LED light in my earlier posting that I thought was causing all of the RFI in the 2m band.  Replaced it and when the light switch was turned on, no noise.  Confirmed. Noisy LED light.   Here is a picture of the offender:

A Home Depot Ecosmart lightbulb. The earlier posting http://kk4sih.blogspot.com/2013/12/led-light-noise.html  has the details.   Now the question is it just this individual light, or is it a design issue.   I probably won't bother trying to figure it out.  I installed another Phillips brand LED light and it was quiet on 2m.

Using a signalink


I got my Christmas present early.   I have been using custom cables and direct connections between my Macintosh and my Kenwood V71 VHF transceiver.    It has been working pretty well with no complaints.  Only issue I have had is several people have asked me to help with their Signalink and I really have not had access to one.  So for Christmas, I decided to buy one.



So how did I set it up?

As far as connections I used the DIN-6 Connector on the back.
Wired it per the instructions but used the 9600 baud option

Setting up FLDIGI I set the following:
   Use "USB Audio CODEC" under Audio Devices menu
   Rig Control - Hardware PTT
         check "PTT tone on right Audio Channel"

Turned off SYSOP mode on the Radio.
          Interesting I had to have this on with the custom cables.  I will have to re-look at this using
          the cable method.

And it worked.

This is about the same I have been doing when I have been working with others trying to get theirs set up.

The real question is does it work better or not.  I have not been having any problems with the other setup so this will be hard to tell, but we will see over time.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Boafeng UV5R Digital Mode Cable


My friend Tom (AK4HN) has created a how to build a Baofeng UV5R Digital Mode Cable assembly guide.  A great How To on building a cable to interface your computer sound card to your Boafeng HT. I am attaching it to help those that want to set this up.  It works real well.

The link to the file is:
                     Baofeng UV5R digital mode cable.pdf


Sunday, December 15, 2013

moved the antenna again


I moved the VHF antenna again.   Why do you ask.   I had problems last week on the digital net hearing everyone.  Even those I have heard before.  My thought was that I have the antenna in the RF shadow of the house from the west. AKA - the house is blocking signets to/from the west.

So what I did was to move the antenna slightly north and maybe 30 feet away from the house.   It helped tremendously at least to the folks I was trying to talk to.

So long term,  I think I am going to permanently mount it where it is now as opposed to the ladder mount I am currently using.   Will probably try and raise it form 10' to 20' as well.  I am concerned about it then being even with the tree canopy but we will see how well that goes.   Will probably take another couple of weeks.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

New VHF Antenna

I installed a new VHF antenna this weekend.  Still up in a temporary stand,  but I am now using it.

My major problem is that I feel deaf.  People say they can hear me fine, but I just can't hear them.  So though was to try a larger antenna.  Mounted it on a 10' long piece of chain link fence top rail.  So the bottom of the antenna is at 10' and the top at 26'.

This is a Jetstream JTB1B.   It is a collinear antenna   3x5/8 on 2m and 8x5/8 on 70cm.  It is about 16 feet long.   Gain is claimed to be 8.3db on 2m an 11.7db on 70cm.   Testing it with a SWR meter, it is showing 1.2:1 or better at 50watts on 146.520mhz .  Can't beat that.

So how does it compare to the TRAM 1480 8 foot long antenna I have been using.

My current method is watching the built in meter on the radio on the NWS stations in the area.  Not quite 2m, but the only thing close to a beacon I can think of.
So  the results are using same cables, tests within 15min of each other:

Station   Freq     Tram   Jetstream
1         162.550     2         4-6
2         162.500     9+        9+
3         162.475     4          9
4         162.425     4          6-8
5         162.450     0          2
6         162.500     4-6       6-8
7         162.525     6-8       6-8


So what does it look like:

So compared to the Tram 1480 the antenna is twice as long.  Mounted at 10' as opposed to 16'  and is pulling in way more signal.  This seems to be an improvement.   Will run this setup for a week and if it continues to work well, will mount it permanently.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Still more VHF trial and error


I am still trying to get the most out of my VHF antenna.

I am trying to see what I can hear to get the best position for the antenna.  The problem is that the lot is heavily wooded.   I think I am hearing things pretty well, but I am still trying to improve.  I have noticed there is an optimal height.   I thought it was higher is better, but with the trees around and above my antenna site, Too high starts loosing signal as much as too low.  I figure it is problems with the vegetation absorbing the signal.

So how am I testing this.  Listing in to the NOAA weather stations nd making a judgement, better or worse.   So with the placement tonight.  Pole is raised about 16 feet.  Pulled as far from the house to the east as I can.  

Signal strengths:

162.550  -  9+ and clear
162.400  -  9+ and clear
162.475  - 9 and clear
162.425 - 5 and small scratch
162.450 - 9 and small scratch
162.500 - 9+ and clear
162.525 - 9 and clear

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

LED Light noise


I have been having problems hearing weak stations on VHF.  From my earlier posts, you can see I have been trying different antenna locations and setups but am still having problems.  Someone asked me if I had a lot of local noise.  I did not think so, but I figured I would look tonight.

First I tried to find a faint station to tune in to on the VHF radio.  I found a NOAA station that was pretty weak and noisy and started to eliminate sources.   The antenna was close to some lights on the outside of the house and I turned them off and on without making any difference.  Then I tried turning off and on the front porch light.  It was too far away I thought, but the switch was there so why not.  Turned it off and the station came in strong and clear.  turned it on and it died out again.

I found it (or at least one it).

Funny thing is that this lightbulb is 50 feet from the antenna.  20 feet from the radio.  DId not think that the interference would go that far.    I was able to listen in to the Wewahitchka repeater, 81 miles away (not sure of the height).  Much better than than it had been.

OK for the bulb.  It was an EcoSmart bulb from Home Depot.  I went heavily into LED lights a year or so ago replacing many of the most used lights with Phillips brand lights.  I purchased several other brands when trying to figure out which ones to use before I settled on Phillips.

The Home Depot EcoSmart bulb that is causing me problems was one of those test bulbs that had a bad color in the house so I put it outside where it would not matter too much.  I guess is is time to re-evaluate.

So to shorten this up some:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-60W-Equivalent-Bright-White-3000K-A19-LED-Light-Bulb-420240/203248902#.Up_dWaWSPDM  = GOOD  - works fine with no perceived noise.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-40W-Equivalent-Daylight-5000K-A19-LED-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-ECS-A19-CW-V1-120/204627114#.Up_d_aWSPDM   =BAD - Noisy on 2m radio

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

FLDIGI/MT63 and a phone



Don't have a radio and still want to send a digital message.  Got a traditional telephone (or in my test case a VoIP telephone not compressing the voice, aka: G.711).    Send the message using the built in speaker and microphone using MT63-2000l.   Worked fine.   Should have, but I did the test and it worked.


FLDIGI Testing


I have been playing with FLDIGI and one of the problems is finding someone to exchange traffic with. I have a fix for that I have been using.   If you have an iPhone, use the built in Voice Memo application and record some digital traffic.

Set the output to go to the built-in speakers and send a message while recording it with the app.   I have been using  MT63-2000L since it is tolerant of background noise.  Set the input device in FLDIGI to the built in speaker and play it back.    What I sent shows back up on the screen.

I have done this with FLMSG and the other programs in the suite to debug and get more practice.  Works well for me.

One caveat.  This does not work with the higher speed PSK protocols.  It worked with PSK31 but started to take errors with PSK125 and did not work at all with PSK250 and above.  Since I know it works with MT63 that is what I have mostly been playing with.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

My current VHF antenna


I currently have my VHF/UHF antenna located in the house.  It is the antenna my Kenwood TMV-71 uses.   It is mounted at about 7 feet on top of a bookcase.  I improved the ground plane by mounting it on a 3x3 foot piece of steel from home depot.


This gives an idea of exactly how challenged it is.   In saying that, it works great against all of the repeaters in the area.  I have no complaints and would not hesitate to recommend it to others.

Working simplex on the other hand just does not work. I am located with a little bit of terrain around me being on the side of a hill.  I do not think that it is the antenna, but just the placement at 7 feet.

The antenna is a Comet CA-2x4SR.  It works real well mounted to the truck.   The description from the vendor is:
Description: CA-2x4SR VHF/UHF Dual Band Antenna 1.5:1 or less SWR: 140-160/435-465MHz Gain: 3.8/6.2dBi Max Power: 150 watts Length: 40 inches Connector: PL-259 Fold-over hinge included 

The other antenna up there is an old pair of rabbit ears from a TV I have been using on a SDR project.

Information for a new Ham


This is some information for someone who is starting out wanting to do Ham radio as a hobby.  It is a collection of stuff I stumbled on as I was trying to get up to speed.  Remember I have only been doing this since June, but it is a good start.


The Guide I used to study for the radio license test:  The Tech and General License study guides  are free,
   the extra license guide is $8.00 -  
   No nonsense study guide:  http://www.kb6nu.com/tech-manual/

A site that has information on the $35.00 Baofeng radio (UV-5R) : 
      http://www.miklor.com/uv5r/

Where to buy the Baofeng Radio:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=baofeng+uv5r
        I would buy with the programming cable and hand mike

Programming Software for the Baofeng Radio and others (freeware) 
      Chirp - http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

There are other radios out there for more money (and worth it) - 
     Wouxun  -  nicer/ more solid but around $100
      Some of the Kenwood/ICOM/Yaesu HT radios can be had starting at $150-$$$

Places to buy stuff:
   Gigaparts - http://www.gigaparts.com
   universial radio  -  http://www.universal-radio.com
   HRO - http://www.hamradio.com
   AES - http://www.aesham.com
   cheap ham  - http://www.cheapham.com
   main trading - http://www.mtcradio.com


How to build your own VHF antenna:  http://www.hamuniverse.com/2meter300ohmslimjim.html
If you want to just buy one:  http://www.2wayelectronix.com/Dual-band-2m-70cm-Slim-Jim-Antenna-dual-slim.htm

The best ham forum site I have found
   http://www.eham.net

Leon County ARES -  The ham emergency folks: 
   http://www.leoncountyares.org/index.php/Leon_County_ARES_Overview

Fldigi -  Digital modes for ham radio -  Freeware 
   http://www.w1hkj.com/beginners.html







Monday, November 25, 2013

Digital modes and speeds


Just for a reference on how fast digital modes can transfer data.  Includes Baud rate, bandwidth and other data.   I do not want to take credit.  I found this on the internet at:
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/22895450/.../name/mode_table-EXP04.pdf     Please refer to that document if there are any questions or look up the protocols on wikipedia

Mode Baud WPM Duty Cycle BW (Hz) Modulation S/N ITU RSID-1 RSID-2
PSK31 31.25 50 80.00% 31 1-PSK 31HG1B 1
PSK63 62.5 100 80.00% 63 1-PSK 63HG1B 2
PSK63FEC 62.5 55 80.00% 63 1-PSK 63HG1B 22
PSK63RC4 63 220 80.00% 330 4-PSK4 330HG1BC 263 1
PSK63RC5 63 275 80.00% 416 5-PSKR 416HG1BC 263 2
PSK63RC10 63 550 80.00% 850 10-PSKR 850HG1BC 263 3
PSK63RC20 63 1100 80.00% 1725 20-PSKR 1725HG1BC 263 4
PSK63RC32 63 1760 80.00% 2775 32-PSKR 2775HG1BC 263 5
PSK125 125 200 80.00% 125 1-PSK 250HG1B 4
PSK125R 125 110 80.00% 125 1-PSKR 250HG1B 183
PSK125RC4 125 352 80.00% 650 3-PSKR 650HG1B 10
PSK125RC5 125 440 80.00% 825 4-PSKR 700HG1BC 11
PSK125RC10 125 1100 80.00% 1700 10-PSKR 1700HG1BC 12
PSK125RC16 125 1760 80.00% 2750 16-PSKR 2750HG1BC 13
PSK250 250 400 80.00% 250 1-PSK 500HG1B 126
PSK250R 250 220 80.00% 250 1-PSKR 500HG1B 186
PSK250C6 250 2400 80.00% 2000 6-PSK 2000HG1B 263 63
PSK250RC2 250 440 80.00% 600 2-PSKR 600HG1BC 263 20
PSK250RC3 250 660 80.00% 950 3-PSKR 950HG1BC 263 21
PSK250RC5 250 1100 80.00% 1650 5-PSKR 1760HG1BC 263 22
PSK250RC6 250 1320 80.00% 2000 6-PSKR 2000HG1BC 263 65
PSK250RC7 250 1540 80.00% 2350 7-PSKR 2350HG1BC 263 23
PSK500 500 800 80.00% 500 1-PSK 500HG1B 173
PSK500C2 500 1600 80.00% 1200 2-PSK 1200HG1B 263 27
PSK500C4 500 3200 80.00% 2600 4-PSK 2600HG1B 263 28
PSK500R 500 440 80.00% 500 1-PSKR 500-HG1BC 187
PSK500RC2 500 880 80.00% 1400 2-PSKR 1400HG1BC 263 24
PSK500RC3 500 1320 80.00% 1900 3-PSKR 1900HG1BC 263 25
PSK500RC4 500 1760 80.00% 2600 4-PSKR 2600HG1BC 263 26
PSK800C2 800 2300 80.00% 1400 2-PSK 2300HGB1 263 57
PSK800RC2 800 1280 80.00% 1400 2-PSKR 800HGB1C 263 54
PSK1000 1000 1600 80.00% 1800 1-PSK 1800HG1B 263 50
PSK1000R 1000 880 80.00% 1800 1-PSKR 1800HG1B 263 51
PSK1000C2 1000 3200 80.00% 3600 2-PSK 3600HG1BC 263 52
PSK1000RC2 1000 1760 80.00% 3600 2-PSKR 3600HG1BC 263 53
QPSK31 31.25 50 80.00% 31 1-QPSK 31H0G1B 110
QPSK63 62.5 100 80.00% 63 1-QPSK 63HG1B 3
QPSK125 125 200 80.00% 125 1-PQSK 125HG1B 5
QPSK250 250 400 80.00% 250 1-PQSK 250HG1B 127
QPSK500 500 800 80.00% 500 1-PQSK 500HG1B
CW20 10 20 44.00% 50 MCW 50H0A1A
CW40 20 40 44.00% 100 MCW 100HA1A
CW100 50 100 44.00% 200 MCW 200HA1B 6
CONTESTIA-4-250 62.5 40 100.00% 250 4-FSK -10dB 250HF1B 55
CONTSTIA-8-250 31.25 30 100.00% 250 8-FSK -13dB 250HF1B 49
CONTESTIA-4-500 125 78 100.00% 500 4-FSK -8dB 500HF1B 54
CONTESTIA-8-500 62.5 60 100.00% 500 8-FSK -10dB 500HF1B 52
CONTESTIA-16-500 31.25 30 100.00% 500 16-FSK -12dB 500HF1B 50
CONTESTIA-8-1000 125 117 100.00% 1000 8-FSK -5dB 1K00F1B 117
CONTESTIA-16-1000 62.5 78 100.00% 1000 16-FSK -9dB 1K00F1B 53
CONTESTIA-32-1000 31.25 48 100.00% 1000 32-FSK -12dB 1K00F1B 51
DominoEX4 3.9 29 100.00% 173 173HF1B 84
DominoEX5 5.4 44 100.00% 244 244HF1B 85
DominoEX8 7.8 58 100.00% 346 346HF1B 86
DominoEX11 10.8 80 100.00% 262 262HF1B 87
DominoEX16 15.6 115 100.00% 355 355HF1B 88
DominoEX22 21.5 160 100.00% 524 524HF1B 90
DominoEX44 43 312 100.00% 1600 1600HF1B 263 45
DominoEX88 86 614 100.00% 1600 1600HF1B 263 46
MFSK4 3.9 18 100.00% 154 32-FSK 154HF1B
MFSK8 7.8 36 100.00% 316 32-FSK 316HF1B 60
MFSK11 10.8 40 100.00% 218 16-FSK 218HF1B 148
MFSK16 15.6 58 100.00% 316 16-FSK 316HF1B 57
MFSK22 21.5 80 100.00% 435 16-FSK 435HF1B 152
MFSK31 31.3 55 100.00% 330 8-FSK 330HF1B
MFSK32 31.3 120 100.00% 630 16-FSK 630HF1B 147
MFSK64 63 240 100.00% 1260 16-FSK 1260HF1B 263 30
MFSK128 125 480 100.00% 1920 1920HF1B 263 31
MT63-500 5 50 80.00% 500 64 x 2-PSK 500HJ2DEN 9
MT63-1000 10 100 80.00% 1000 64 x 2-PSK 1K00J2DEN 12
MT63-2000 20 200 80.00% 2000 64 x 2-PSK 2K00J2DEN 15
OLIVIA-4-250 63 20 100.00% 250 4-FSK -12dB 250HF1B 75
OLIVIA-8-250 31 15 100.00% 250 8-FSK -14dB 250HF1B 69
OLIVIA-4-500 125 40 100.00% 500 4-FSK -10dB 500HF1B 74
OLIVIA-8-500 63 30 100.00% 500 8-FSK -11dB 500HF1B 72
OLIVIA-16-500 31 20 100.00% 500 16-FSK -13dB 500HF1B 70
OLIVIA-8-1000 125 58 100.00% 1000 8-FSK -7dB 1K00F1B 116
OLIVIA-16-1000 63 40 100.00% 1000 16-FSK -10dB 1K00F1B 73
OLIVIA-32-1000 31 24 100.00% 1000 32-FSK -12dB 1K00F1B 71
RTTY 45 5 45 60 100.00% 270 270HF1B 39
RTTY 50 50 66 100.00% 270 270HF1B 40
RTTY 75 75 100 100.00% 370 370HF1B 41
THOR4 3.9 14 100.00% 173 173HF1B 136
THOR5 5.4 22 100.00% 244 244HF1B 139
THOR8 7.8 28 100.00% 346 346HF1B 137
THOR11 10.8 40 100.00% 262 262HF1B 143
THOR16 15.6 58 100.00% 355 355HF1B 138
THOR22 21.5 78 100.00% 524 524HF1B 145
THOR25X4 24.3 88 100.00% 1800 1800HF1B 263 40
THOR50X1 48.6 176 100.00% 900 900HF1B 263 41
THOR50X2 48.5 176 100.00% 1800 1800HF1B 263 42
THOR100 97 352 100.00% 1800 1800HF1B 263 43
THROB1 1 10 80.00% 72 72H0F1B 43
THROB2 2 20 80.00% 72 72H0F1B 44
THROB4 4 30 80.00% 144 144HF1B 45
THROBX1 1 10 80.00% 94 94H0F1B 46
THROBX2 2 20 80.00% 94 94H0F1B 47
THROBX4 4 40 80.00% 188 188HF1B 146

Connecting Baofeng HT to my Macintosh






Setup that works from the a Macintosh but should work on a PC as well.   Might not be the prettiest setup, but it works.

On the Macintosh I plugged in a USB to Audio in/out dongle to break out the audio Send and Receive  (Headphone and Microphone ports)

The Baofeng HT uses a Kenwood style spkr/mic 2 pin plug .

I connected them together as follows:
MIC  port                  -   Shielded Cable  - 3.5mm to 2.5mm adapter   - radio
HEADPHONE  port -   Shielded Cable  - Ground Loop Isolater   -   radio

Without the Ground Loop isolator (which is just an isolation transformer) every time I would try and transmit I would get all sorts of noise and nothing would work.  Breaking the ground loop fixed it.

Parts:
Ground loop isolator was from amazon - PAC Ground loop isolator for 3.5mm applications  $12.29
3.5mm shielded cables from Junk Box
3.5mm female to 2.5mm male adapter (mono)   - Radio Shack

Now that they were together, the question was how to key the mic.  So I turned on the VOX in the radio.   It seems to have a 1/4 to 1/2 second delay, but not too bad.

Baofeng was set up set up where VOX=2

I set this up and it worked both transmit and receive.  No problems.

In the next version I would probably put a ground loop isolator on both wires.  In talking it over with a more knowledgable friend he suggested I could also have a loop if the devices were connected to the same power supply and that would just eliminate all possibilities.

The other concern I have is how well the HT will work with the amount of transmitting digital transmissions usually do.  After playing for 5-10 min I noticed when I finished, the base of the antenna was warm.  I was not transmitting all of the time, but it just surprised me it was warm.  Not going to scare me off since I will try it with an external antenna next time and see if that helps.  It might just be the poor antenna that comes with the HT.

Kenwood TS-590 settings with FLDIGI



Connect Radio to PC using USB cable
        once you have the device drivers loaded on your PC/MAC you are set.

FLDIGI Settings

        Audio -> Devices   =  USB Audio CODEC  (capture and playback)
Audio -> Right Channel = Reverse Left/Right channels checked on
Rig->RigCAT  = Use RigCAT
= Rig descripton file = TS-590S.xml
= Device = cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
= Baud rate = 57600
= RTS/CTS Flow Control
= CAT command for PTT
= DTR +12v

Kenwood TM-V71 Setup with FLDIGI


   
How I get my Kenwood TM-V71 VHF/UHF radio to work with FLDIGI

One time settings on radio:
Need both Serial and Packet Cables 
         Pink Audio Cable to PC MIC input 
         Green Audio Cable to PC Headphone input 
               ****  Pull Pink cable out until you see static on waterfall display  
                     or get mono-F to stereo-M adapter     *****    
   PR1 Setting in Kenwood setup program to 7+ 
   9600 Baud 
   Channel A or B does not seem to matter

Make sure Radio is put into EchoLink Sysop mode -  PowerOn+PF2 
    
FLDIGI Settings:
Audio->Devices =C-Media USB Audio Device (Capture and Playback) 
   Audio->Right Channel = Uncheck All 
   Rig->RigCAT = uncheck use RigCAT 
   Rig->Hardware PTT =  Use separate serial port  PTT  
                                     = Device = /dev/cu.usbserial  
                                     = Use RTS  
                                     = Use DTR

Temporary VHF Antenna


I put up a temporary VHF antenna to help with connecting to the Sunday Night Digital Net.  We have been sticking to HF communications for this, but now we are spreading our wings to include VHF.  We are running a simplex VHF communications digital net around Tallahassee and I am pretty sure my normal VHF antenna will not cut it.  I guess I did not mention that the normal VHF antenna is inside the house on top of my bookshelf.  Maybe at 8 feet.

Well a while back I purchased a TRAM 1480 collinear antenna.  Was on sale for $40.00 dollars so why not.  


  • It is 8 feet tall
  • Gain is 6db on 2m and 8db on 440
  • 5/8 wave 2 element 2m and 5/8 wave 4 element 70cm
The photo is it mounted on my painters pole supported by the ladder.  The base is 16 feet in the air making the top 24 feet in the air.  

I was able to talk across town (13.8 miles) to a friend with an antenna mounted at 30feet, so I will claim it was a success.  I will be putting it up and taking it down for the next several weeks until I can get a good permanent mount for it, but It did work pretty well.

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