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NPOTA batteries R-Pi antenna radio-
WSPR is a fantastic mode to use for investigating propagation paths. I'm often surprised at openings that defy conventional in-history 630m WSPR
wisdom - 10m openings late at night, long-path openings detectable with sub-watt power levels and others.

There are several ways of transmitting a WSPR signal that don't require a computer and I've tinkered with most of them. Each
has its own advantages and disadvantages:

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WSPRLite
This is the only method of those listed here that I haven't used. As supplied, it is a dual bander W2LJ
(20 and 30 meters) with additional filters available for 40, 80 and 160 meters. It is tiny (easily Zombie Shuffle in a week! - I may
portable), operates from a 5V power supply and puts out 200mW. have mentioned this before, but a
week from tomorrow, one of the most
fun events of the QRP year will be
If you have no interest in discovering elusive openings on the higher bands, it seems ideal and occurring - the 2017 Zombie Shuffle.
is often used in conjunction with SOTA-Beams DXplorer website that plots the stations that And I ...
receive you on a time vs. distance graph. My own experience with testing reception reports and 25 minutes ago

this website lead me to question the resolution of points needed in order to be plotted. You can G6NHU
read more about that here. SCC RTTY Championship 2017
The results - Back in September I put
an entry in to the SCC RTTY
Raspberry Pi 3 + TAPR shield
Championship and Im happy to
report that the results are out and
I've detailed the steps necessary to converting a $30 R-Pi to a 20m WSPR transmitter here. Set can be seen in full here. I entered t...
up properly, the RPi generates 100mW on 20 meters. It requires the TAPR shield which is both a 1 hour ago
LP filter and an RF amplifier that plugs into the GPIO pins on the RPi. Time synchronization is WG2XIQ
maintained via your router and NTP. VK4YB experienced a good night of
reports across North America as
So far there are no TAPR shields available for other bands. geomagnetic storm conditions and
elevated solar wind velocities
continue; QRP CW Skimmer reports
for several on RBN; Generally good
domestic propagation but a bit noisy
in some areas; W5EST presents:
WSPR-AXE (kit)
How Equatorial Path Loss Can Be
I'm not sure if this item is still available as parts of the website describing it appear abandoned. So Low - The details for October 12,
I have a 10m version of this transmitter and no longer use it. I don't particularly agree with the 2016 can be viewed here. The UTC
idea of transmitting constantly as I think it causes undue QRM to other stations. When 10m is amateur registration database is
here. Even if you dont think you will
open only sporaticly, this may not be so much of an issue. When the band is open, an always-
use these bands, REGI...
on transmission could be regarded as excessive. The WSPR-AXE also lacks the ability to 2 hours ago
synchronize to an external time source and relies on the operator to manually keep the time within WSPR spec. The onboard
clock is sufficient to keep accurate time for several days though - more than adequate for most operations. G0KYA
HF Propagation at Sunspot Minimum
- The effects of coronal holes are
Ultimate 3S (kit) likely to continue for a couple of
This is, by far, the best method of operating a WSPR beacon for the following reasons: years.This weekend Ill be giving a
talk at the RSGB conference on HF
Propagation at ...
Time sync maintained via GPS with optional module 5 hours ago

Operation on any band from 2m to 2200m CS8ABY

Up to 6 bands, one after the other, may be used automatically in sequence Not HamRadio related - I have in
stanby some reviews but for a good
Can be configured to transmit from once to 30 times per hour cause. Yesterday I found that I'm
Other modes available as well going to be the father of a baby girl
again. By the end of this month I
Optional 5 watt amp available
wil...
8 hours ago

The U3S produces 200mW out and can be purchased with or w/o a case and with as few or as many LP filters as needed. It DX-World
operates from 5V. P29RR Papua New Guinea - Roly,
ZL1BQD (ex-4W6RR, 5W0RR &
My own experiences with building and using this transmitter can be found here. E51RR) will be active from Papua
New Guinea as P29RR between
October 20 to November 6, 2017.
QRV on HF band, focus on FT8...
8 hours ago

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Failed projects and experiments - If
you read most of the blogs about

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