Well I had a bit of fun this evening with WSPR. VK4ZBV and I have been hooking up a bit via WSPR. He transmitting, and me listening on WSPR. Today I suggested his signal was so good that he might try at 0.5 W which he did, and I still spotted him at -9 dB SNR. So he then transmitted a 10mW signal which I picked up via my 160 meter skyloop.
0.01watts over 1110 kilometres, thats 111,000 kilometres per watt !
This morning I woke early and did some work in the office. As usual, I had the IC703 HF set running, listening to the CW session. I am getting better at deciphering morse, but still can’t do it at the speed the guys on the Gnarly Net can. I will have to keep training.
VK4AAH called up on the 2 meter repeater on his way to work, so we chewed the rag for a while about all sorts of things.
In the evening I tuned into the Mackay Net again. Other stations on the net and their signal reports were-
VK4LH 59
VK4NFZ 59 =10dB
VK4HBB 59 +10
VK4FUQ 59 +20
VK4HPT 50 +10
VK4W Mobile 35
VK4AJL 59 +20
I spotted a VK2 station today using WSPR on 10m, so obviously there was a sporadic E opening today on 10m. I am right now running WSPR (receive only) on 30m, below is the log.
| Date | Call | Frequency | SNR | Drift | Grid | dBm | W |
by | loc | km | mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-05 11:40 | VK3ADE | 10.140261 | -24 | 0 | QF12xj | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 2042 | 1269 |
| 2009-01-05 11:40 | ZL2TLD | 10.140245 | -18 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-05 11:40 | VK3ADE | 10.140160 | +3 | 0 | QF12xj | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 2042 | 1269 |
| 2009-01-05 11:36 | T61AA | 10.140264 | -22 | 0 | MM44om | +40 | 10.000 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 10137 | 6299 |
| 2009-01-05 11:34 | DH8SA | 10.140256 | -22 | 0 | JO63bt | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 14595 | 9069 |
| 2009-01-05 11:30 | T61AA | 10.140264 | -21 | 0 | MM44om | +40 | 10.000 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 10137 | 6299 |
| 2009-01-05 11:30 | ZL2TLD | 10.140244 | -18 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-05 11:28 | VK3ADE | 10.140160 | +2 | 0 | QF12xj | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 2042 | 1269 |
| 2009-01-05 11:28 | VK3ADE | 10.140261 | -22 | 0 | QF12xj | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 2042 | 1269 |
| 2009-01-05 11:24 | T61AA | 10.140264 | -21 | 0 | MM44om | +47 | 50.119 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 10137 | 6299 |
| 2009-01-05 11:22 | DH8SA | 10.140256 | -22 | 0 | JO63bt | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 14595 | 9069 |
More Low Power Ops with Weak Signal Propagation Reporter
| 2009-01-03 08:24 | 7L1RLL | 10.140181 | -21 | 0 | PM95so | +30 | 1.000 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 6164 | 3830 |
| 2009-01-03 08:24 | N1SZ | 10.140233 | -27 | 0 | FM19ld | +33 | 1.995 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 15302 | 9508 |
| 2009-01-03 08:20 | ZL2TLD | 10.140244 | -10 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-03 08:20 | ZL2TLD | 10.140144 | -26 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-02 11:40 | ZL2TLD | 10.140244 | -19 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-02 11:38 | DH8SA | 10.140286 | -21 | 0 | JO63bt | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 14595 | 9069 |
Low power operations of vast distances can be a fun challenge. Today I tried out a new way of operating, a digital mode known as WSPR. My license doesn’t allow me to transmit on digital modes yet, but I can listen. Below is a transcript from the webserver for WSPR. I heard WY7USA from USA a total of 12448 kilometers- he was using just 1 watt!
| 2009-01-02 08:16 | ZL2TLD | 10.140243 | -22 | 0 | RE79tb | +37 | 5.012 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 3639 | 2261 |
| 2009-01-02 08:14 | WY7USA | 10.140163 | -23 | -1 | DN43le | +30 | 1.000 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 12448 | 7735 |
| 2009-01-02 08:12 | VK2SRO | 10.140281 | -20 | 0 | QF56ik | +27 | 0.501 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 1625 | 1010 |
| 2009-01-02 08:12 | VK2SRO | 10.140182 | -27 | 0 | QF56ik | +27 | 0.501 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 1625 | 1010 |
| 2009-01-02 08:10 | WY7USA | 10.140162 | -20 | 0 | DN43le | +33 | 1.995 | VK4FOLO | QH30io | 12448 | 7735 |
Shack of VK2KMI 