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New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
SZX in Macomb Illinois will shortly be on 13555.418 MHz in Grid square EN40pk. It is currenty being tested from Alabama EM64oj for the next day or two. WSPR (20m) + HiFer 10WPM CW + QRSS3 (callsign SZX). KA9SZX on 20m WSPR. Repeats every 10 minutes. This is a 20m WSPR Skytracker designed by WB8ELK for high altitude balloons modified to also send CW and QRSS3 on the HiFer band. It can also be set up to put WSPR on the HiFer band instead of 20m. It normally outputs 20 mW, but can be adjusted down to less than 5 mW. It operates on 5 Volts and draws about 33 mA on average - Bill WB8ELK
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 02, 2021 at 13:36:07.
In reply to New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 01, 2021
I'll listen this weekend
So what modes will be running on 555.418? I get fairly regular decodes of SIW WSPR and slant at my QTH in EM83du, so I should spot you.
Let us know when you are QRV at EN40pk.
Bob ROM solid into EM83du
EDJ
WA1EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 02, 2021 at 13:38:54.
Excellent sigs here in N GA EM83du Robert.
Daily for the past week, WSPR and QRSS. Many decodes, a few of SIW WSPR.
QRSS burning the screen later in the day.
Bob
EDJ
Reminder: Lowfer net +/- 3927 kHz Saturday morning 0800 California time
Posted by Jerry Parker on July 02, 2021 at 14:10:45.
Reminder: Lowfer net +/- 3927Khz Saturday morning 0800 California time
Or listen online at kfs:
http://69.27.184.62:8901/?tune=3927lsb
or
KPH Point Reyes:
http://198.40.45.23:8073/
or
Utah Web sdr:
http://www.sdrutah.org/websdr1.htmlIf you cannot get into the net on 80 meters you can listen on KFS and participate by sending net control your thoughts to wa6owr@gmail.com
73
Jerry
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 02, 2021 at 14:45:22.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 02, 2021
SZX on 555.418 will be 25 sequences of 10 WPM CW followed by one 3 minute QRSS3 transmission, repeats every 10 minutes. I have been watching it show up on WA5DJJ and various KiwiSDR receivers. Transmits from the 0 minute mark to the 6 minute mark, then it reacquires GPS lock and then sends 20m WSPR (KA9SZX) at the 8 minute mark and then back to 555.418 for 10WPM CW and QRSS3 at the 0 minute mark. Repeats every 10 minutes. The WSPR might go back to 555.418 in the future but for now it will be on 20m. - Bill WB8ELK
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 02, 2021 at 15:42:43.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 02, 2021
Ok, thanks Bill.
If you can run WSPR on 555.418 that would be great. A number of us are using it
on 22M. I is helpful to me since I don't have to be there watching. Just check the decode window.
I've got a homebrew W3PM Arduino WSPR rig I'm going to try soon. Just a barefoot si5351A and LPF. Will be down in the 555.420ish range.
Bob Turkmenistan 279
EDJ
Posted by C. Burns on July 02, 2021 at 21:37:09.
According to what I have read online, the current status of the Ashgabat, Turkmenistan LW transmitter on 279 kHz seems to be a bit of a mystery.
The co-ordinates for the site where the transmitter is believed to be located are 37.854167, 58.366111.
If you copy & paste these co-ordinates into Google Earth & scroll through the historical imagery, you can see a transmitter mast & building from September 2004 to July 2014. The next satellite photo after that is April 2015 where the mast is no longer there.
This would indicate that the transmitter mast was demolished sometime between July 2014 & April 2015, based on the assumption that this is the correct site location. Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 03, 2021 at 01:41:18.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 02, 2021
Hi Bob....W3PM lives in the next town north of me. I've known him for many years now. I will try it with WSPR on 555.418 tomorrow. I will add a jumper to my board so I can have it switch between HiFer WSPR and 20m WSPR by putting the jumper on or off. How do you get WSPR to show 22m frequency instead of 20m when it uploads reports to WSPRnet.org? What frequency do you usually tune in on your radio when listening for HiFer WSPR? - Bill WB8ELK
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by John Davis on July 03, 2021 at 06:25:25.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 03, 2021
Hi Bill. The primary digital/QRSS watering hole at 22 m is centered on 13555.400, so if one is just bound and determined to use SSB, the dial frequency would be 13553.900.
(Personally, I hate squandering my receiver's dynamic range that way for such weak signal work, especially in a band that is sometimes afflicted with codar, OTHR, and assorted ISM noises. I like to use my CW filter, tune to 13555.400, tell the decoder I'll be using 800 Hz BFO...a true statement, the way my radio is set up...then lie about the dial frequency being 13554.600...which is only a slight fib, since that really is the effective L.O. frequency.)
John
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 04, 2021 at 00:36:37.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 03, 2021
TNX Bill. I'm monitoring the watering hole now. I spot ROM and K3SIW WSPR daily so if you are near them, and I copy, should get a decode.
I don't upload to WSPRnet so I do not know. I believe someone has and knows how to trick the system.
I just use a sig gen set to 555.400 and tune my rx to set that to about 1500 Hz offset.
With WSJT it works out easily.
Be looking for you!
Bob Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
EDJ
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 04, 2021 at 05:01:50.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 03, 2021
Bob EDJ....I have had the SZX HiFer running all day Saturday and will continue to test it through Monday. I am now alternating the WSPR transmission between 22m and 20m on the odd and even 10 minute sequences. So the end result is that WSPR on 22m will be every 20 minutes at the 08, 28 and 48 minute marks and on 20m athe 18, 38 and 58 minute marks. The CW and QRSS will remain every 10 minutes starting at the 0 minute mark. Callsign on WSPR is KA9SZX.
Re: SAQ Annual Transmission - Sunday 4 July
Posted by Mike Terry on July 04, 2021 at 11:08:37.
In reply to SAQ Annual Transmission - Sunday 4 July posted by Mike Terry on June 30, 2021
Sunday 4 July - Another successful broadcast from SAQ , Grimeton on 17.2kHz this morning. The message started at 0900 UTC prompt.
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by swlem3 on July 05, 2021 at 01:21:42.
In reply to New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 01, 2021
Stopped by the lwca website today and noted that a new hifer was up and running. Setup 22m and 20m wspr for KA9SZX, running roughly 8 hrs rx time. Used an Elad sdr w/ random wire vertical for decodes. Propagation on HF still doesn't seem to be doing so well. Anyway, here's the results:
2021-07-04 21:08 KA9SZX 13.555413 -34 EM64 0.005 SWLEM3 EM03rf 1070 266 2
2021-07-04 20:48 KA9SZX 13.555414 -31 EM64 0.005 SWLEM3 EM03rf 1070 266 2
2021-07-04 20:08 KA9SZX 13.555413 -33 EM64 0.005 SWLEM3 EM03rf 1070 266 2
2021-07-04 18:38 KA9SZX 14.097078 -29 EM64 0.005 SWLEM3 EM03rf 1070 266 2
2021-07-04 18:18 KA9SZX 14.097078 -27 EM64 0.005 SWLEM3 EM03rf 1070 266 2
Ray... swlem3 N. Central Texas
p.s. Saw K3SIW and VA3ROM wspr decodes today also... just fyi.
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 05, 2021 at 02:34:48.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 04, 2021
TNX Bill! I've been monitoring the watering hole area all day and will continue Monday.
Have not seen any WSPR from you. I have decoded ROM and SIW. Both are in your general direction I believe.
I'll drop a report later tomorrow.
Where exactally is your QTH?
TNX!
Bob Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 05, 2021 at 02:54:34.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by swlem3 on July 05, 2021
Looks like prop. was better today than yesterday when I had a chance to monitor. (No chance to do that today, unfortunately.) Probably didn't help that we had the first X-class flare in four years yesterday at 1429 UTC, either.
Here in SE Kansas on Saturday, neither SZX nor ROM's WSPR gave me long enough blocks of visible reception to decode.
I did see SZX a little more consistently than ROM. For a while during late morning, I even had audible copy of the SZX CW ID for the better part of a minute and a half! That interval is shown in the attached Argo screen shot, which also includes the single best QRSS ID of the day. Elsewhere at the watering hole, only EH and NC were present. About 40 minutes earlier, I had good aural copy of MTI, and a little better visual copy of ROM.
But it appears that the QRSS speed is actually 6 seconds, rather than 3.
That is a bit of a drawback on 22 m because the short-term QSB has more opportunities to chop up the dashes into random length dits. Seems ironic that QRSS3 works better than 6, but it's a statistical consequence of the lower power level for 22 m than ham usage. Since there is a fairly heavy component of ≈3 seconds to the typical QSB pattern, it merely wipes out entire dits at QRSS3, which can often be seen on the next ID repeat. But in this complicated ID pattern, there's only time to send the QRSS6 ID once per cycle, so that next repetition is 10 minutes away! At QRSS3, there should be time to send it twice, improving the odds of filling in the gaps.
Will check again Monday.
John
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Re: SAQ Annual Transmission - Sunday 4 July
SAQ received loud and clear here in North Wales. My resonant cw speaker helped filter out noise . Probably the best reception ever for me . My homebrew VLF converter (built 40 years ago)worked well with my Elecraft K2. SAQ signal was rather more stable than in previous years so they may have tweaked something ;-) The You Tube live feed was great and should still be available .....well worth a view with feet up and a mug of coffee ! 73 Vic
Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months
Posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 05, 2021 at 11:30:58.
In reply to Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months posted by Mike Terry on June 18, 2021
I have been having short listening sessions on 252kHz since RTE went off and I see that the Algerian station on 252kHz has been off air for ten days or so. Prior to that (and after RTE went off air for maintennance) I was receiving the Algerian signal very strongly indeed here ion North Wales (and with some good music programming). One night was very fluttery with rapid fading - almost sounded like there was another station on the channel , but since then it was booming in.
Dioes anyone know what's going on with the Algerian station ?
73 Vic GW4JUN Turkmenistan 279 kHz
Posted by Mike Terry on July 05, 2021 at 16:41:26.
Shortwave Central (Gayle Van Horn W4GVH) Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
@QSLRptMT
Turkmenistan's longwave station Turkmen Radio on 279 kHz; 24-hour sked (150 kW via Asgabat) still reported as "irregular," and may not be active. Your observations/info welcomed.
(Twitter 5 July 2021)
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 05, 2021 at 16:46:15.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 05, 2021
Hi Bob....I'm in EM64oj. About 20 miles south of Huntsville Alabama. I'm modifying my 20m WSPR Skytracker balloon board for Mark KA9SZX so that it does HiFer modes and frequency. It only took a few lines of additional code. When I'm finished developing the final code I can post the QRSS and CW code which I'm writing using the Arduino IDE, the WSPR code is pretty complicated but is a modified version of W3PM's WSPR Arduino code. This one will be going to Macomb Illinois later next week in EN40pk.
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 05, 2021 at 16:52:27.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by John Davis on July 05, 2021
Hi John...you are correct. I had originally intended doing QRSS3 but instead I'm currently sending QRSS6 mode once every 10 minutes. When I get back to my workshop on Tuesday I will try two sequences of QRSS3 instead of the one sequence of QRSS6 to see how that works. Also Thanks Ray SWLEM3 for the great WSPR reception reports - Bill WB8ELK EM64oj.
Re: Turkmenistan 279
Posted by Mike Terry on July 05, 2021 at 17:43:21.
In reply to Turkmenistan 279 posted by C. Burns on July 02, 2021
I had this feedback from Dan Goldfarb who is an expert on the subject of transmitter locations:
I scratched my head long and hard over this one. Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
There used to be "the mother of all masts" at that southerly location. Now demolished. You will need to use GE Historical to see it.
Please ask your LW friends to follow coordinates (on my spreadsheet) at 37° 58' 13"N, 58° 43' 21"E.
A diplex will appear there.
73 Dan
Posted by swlem3 on July 05, 2021 at 19:15:20.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 05, 2021
Thanks Bill. Glad I could help out with SZX.
Ray... N. Central Texas
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by John Davis on July 05, 2021 at 20:17:39.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by swlem3 on July 05, 2021
Pleased to report much improved copy over Sat. Good WSPR decodes on both KA9SZX and K3SIW today...but I forgot to grab the memory stick when I returned to town, so I'll have to do my WSPRnet upload and write a more detailed report later.
During the first half of the noon hour, CDT, the watering hole was providing 7P, NC, SIW slant, SZX (Audible CW for much of each 10 min. cycle), SIW WSPR+QRSS6, MTI, and ROM. The WSPR segment of VA3ROM was visible some of the time, but not quite enough to decode yet.
Shortly before that, I had weak to fair copy of WV, good copy of NDB2, visible keying from TON, probable ABBY (though not quite copyable), and smudges where KAH and ODX should be. As usual, the SWBC on 13570 wiped out the upper half of the band from just before 1600 UTC and local noon, just as signals should have been their most promising there.
John
Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 06, 2021 at 14:03:06.
In reply to Re: New CW and QRSS on 13555.418 SZX posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 05, 2021
TNX Bill. EM64oj is probably too close to me. I'm only up by Athens, GA. Probably too long for ground wave and too close for skywave.
Well that explains why I haven't copied you.
Though you are getting spots. Are you going to Ill, EN40? If so I will copy from there.
Yes interested in the Arduino code. My W3PM WSPR machine is Arduino and works well.
I've got a WSPR machine on 555.420 now but I'm only running 650 mVpp into 50 Ohms. Don't know off hand what that translates to mW but below 5 I'm sure.
A random wire ant. I doubt it will be heard. I try it on my tuned vert soon and see.
I will be monitoring.....
Bob Re: SAQ Annual Transmission - Sunday 4 July
EDJ
Posted by Mike Terry on July 06, 2021 at 21:38:33.
In reply to Re: SAQ Annual Transmission - Sunday 4 July posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 05, 2021
Live video of startup, tuning, and transmitting from Alexanderson Alternator SAQ
Today is Sunday July 4, 2021. Besides being Independence Day here in the States, it’s also Alexanderson Day in Sweden!
This morning, I discovered a video on the Grimeton Station YouTube channel: a recording of their live stream live stream starting around 08:30 UTC today.
In the video, you can watch the crew of the Grimeton station startup, tune, and transmit on their 1924 Alexanderson Alternator with the callsign SAQ. Their message is sent in CW on 17.2 kHz. The video is absolutely fascinating and I highly recommend watching it. The startup and tuning procedure are simply amazing. I can only imagine the dedication and resources it takes to keep this marvel of 1920s engineering fully functional today:
https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/live-video-of-startup-tuning-and-transmitting-from-alexanderson-alternator-saq/
Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months
Posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 07, 2021 at 07:52:39.
In reply to Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 05, 2021
Well the guys in Algeria must read this message board because they were back on the air on 252kHz when I checked yesterday evening 6th July 21.00 UTC. Good signal here in North Wales, though not as strong as a couple of weeks ago. This might be due to differences in the time that I was listening on different dates. WA1EDJ QRV WSPR
I'll try to take a listen every evening for a while.
73 Vic GW4JUN
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 07, 2021 at 13:10:07.
This is a long shot. Running the W3PM WSPR machine. 13.555 425 ish.
Si5351a barefoot, only LPF to antenna. About 1 mW into a Vert antenna.
Bob Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months
WA1EDJ
Posted by VicGW4JUN on July 08, 2021 at 08:52:53.
In reply to Re: RTÉ LW off from 15 June for about 2 months posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 07, 2021
And sure enough last night at 22.00 UTC the signal from Algeria was definitely back to normal here in north Wales using me low long wire antenna.
Magnetic receiving loop just completed and awaiting installation. That should help squash the terrible high speed internet noise from our overhead phone wires. MRHS Night of Nights
73 Vic GW4JUN
Posted by John Davis on July 08, 2021 at 14:27:50.
For the past 20 years, the Maritime Radio Historical Society has used the KPH coastal station facilities on July 12 to commemorate the final day of commercial maritime Morse operation with a big public event...except last year, when the pandemic forced closure of both the Bolinas and Point Reyes facilities.
According to chief operator Richard Dillman, even though next Monday's event will not be open to the public, fully vaccinated volunteers will be allowed to resume operating from the KPH transmit and receive sites this year, meaning that longwave operation will return to 426 and 500 kHz.
Transmissions commence at 5 PM Pacific Daylight Time and aare likely to run until midnight. Ham CW activity will also be conducted.
KPH: 426, 500, 4247.0, 6477.5, 8642.0, 12808.5, 17016.8, 22477.5
KFS: 12695.5
(KPH and KFS will listen for calls from ships on 500kc and ITU Channel 3 on HF. Here are the frequencies for ITU Channel 3 in each band: 4184.0, 6276.0, 8368.0, 12552.0, 16736.0, 22280.5)
K6KPH: 3550, 7050, 14050, 21050
For more information, visit: Algeria 252
www.radiomarine.org
Posted by Mike Terry on July 09, 2021 at 11:15:09.
After a few days off air the station has now returned.
RTE Ireland still off for maintenance on same channel.
Re: Algeria 252
Posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021 at 09:15:04.
In reply to Algeria 252 posted by Mike Terry on July 09, 2021
July 10, 2021 Re: Algeria 252
Re. Chaine 3 July 8th.
Translated from German by Google:
“However, after midnight, the transmitter was off air again.
Regarding Chaine 3 it has to be said that it has been on the long wave very irregularly for months. The interruptions now on can be from very short up to several hours and sometimes even days.
https://mediumwave.info/news/
Posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021 at 09:20:37.
In reply to Re: Algeria 252 posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021
I believe it now identifies as Radio Algeria International - Mike
Re: Algeria 252
Posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021 at 11:29:25.
In reply to Re: Algeria 252 posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021
Here's an example of the audio: NC short skip to EM83du
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckRkJfO0Lg
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 11, 2021 at 00:34:21.
Been spotting NC square wave into Monroe, Ga EM83du. About 1930 local for several nights NC has been strong. Only 208 Miles from my QTH. I don't often see NC here.
Also K3SIW and ROM WSPR nightly decodes. EH is solid daily.
Bob Re: 13.56 MHz Field Measurement
EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 11, 2021 at 06:25:36.
In reply to Re: 13.56 MHz Field Measurement posted by John Davis on June 25, 2021
Brian's website as of 7 July says:
"FCC rules incorporate ANSI C63.10, which contains a technical error."
How can I convince you that's NOT a technical error, but an intended requirement? Please consider these four points.
1. First and foremost, specifying a measuring instrument to use a loop antenna and calibrating it in electric units based on 377 ohms is the right tool for the job!
Remember, you're NOT trying to determine the literal electric field strength at an arbitrary point for something like assessing RF exposure--in which case you would want to know both the actual E and H intensities, and the wave impedance at that point would indeed matter. But that's not the task at hand.
Instead, the object of EMC compliance measurements is to assure that some given field strength will not be exceeded anywhere out in the real world where free-space conditions apply, even though you cannot literally measure in free space when you're only 1 meter above the (partially) conducting surface of the earth. Electric field measurements that close to earth are too inconsistent to be useful and repeatable, and do not track well with measurements made at other elevations over varying soils. The magnetic field is more uniform under these circumstances, so it is the one specified for use under 30 MHz.
There's nothing magic about the 1 meter height requirement. It is simply a convenience, vastly easier to achieve and far more repeatable than having to demonstrate compliance in three dimensions; not a way to provide an imaginary E-field loophole. By specifying a limit in E-field units but requiring it to be measured with a loop calibrated at free space impedance, a test made at 1 m above ground and another made 4 m above, or even at the height of the center of an elevated antenna, will match closely enough from VLF through HF to provide meaningful protection without having to measure nearly so many points.
Now, in case you think this is just my interpretation, read on.
2. Do you seriously imagine a "technical error" as big as the one you claim exists could go unnoticed by regulatory agencies and EMC labs around the world, for three decades?
ISED Canada also incorporates ANSI C63.10, and has the same limit expressed in uV/m at the same distance as the FCC. While Australia and New Zealand have entirely different limits (Oz's limit for 13.56 MHz is expressed in EIRP) and jointly have their own pricey set of measurement standards, their standards cite C63.10.
Nearly all administrations around the world incorporate CISPR 16 as the norm for measurement receivers and ANSI C63.5 as the standard reference for antenna calibration methods...the significance of the latter fact being that the loop antenna calibration techniques assume the free space relationship too.
3. Although E-field units are very handy for evaluating interference potential, which is why the FCC has retained them, much of the rest of the world has made the switch to H-field units anyway. The UK and Europe have their own separate but very similar rules, and share the ETSI EN 300 330-1 EMC test standards that don't reference ANSI 63.10. But even there, the free space relationship is enshrined, both in the ETSI standard itself and in the incorporated C63.5 calibration standard.
For instance, ETSI recognizes four different product classes, based on the type of transmit antenna employed. One class is specifically for devices using rods, dipoles or other predominantly electric antennas.
Product Class 4: E-field transmitter, tested with each type of antenna to be used. The transmitter carrier output and spurious limits are limited by the maximum generated E-field, measured as the equivalent H-field given in clauses 7.2.3.3 and 7.5.3.2 respectively.
Italics and additional emphasis mine. Those equivalent H-field limits stated in 7.2.3.3 are 42 dBuA/m at 10 meters for generic Short Range Devices, and a much higher 60 dBuA/m for RFID and Electronic Article Surveillance devices only. Clause 7.5.3.2 are the specs for spurious emissions. (In an interesting mathematical quirk, 42 dBuA/m de-logarithmized is 126 uA/m...and if you extrapolate that out to 30 meters, it is coincidentally 42 uA/m (without the dB), aka our old friend 15,848 uV/m.) But continuimg on now, note the E to H conversion factor in the excerpt below.
7.2.1.2 Methods of measurement The measurements of the transmitter radiated H-field shall be made on an open field test site as specified in clause A.1.3. Any measured values shall be at least 6 dB above the ambient noise level. The H-field produced by the equipment shall be measured at standard distance of 10 m.... The H-field is measured with a shielded loop antenna connected to a measurement receiver.... For measuring equipment calibrated in dBμV/m, the reading should be reduced by 51.5 dB to be converted to dBμA/m.
(The referenced Appendix A shows layouts of possible test configurations, including receive antenna heights from 1 to 4 m, depending on the application; for Class 4 products, 1.5 m seems typical in the EU.)
Emphasis mine again. The 51.5 dB is the scaling factor of E and H units for the free-space condition of 377 ohms!
Clearly, regulators all over the world recognize this as the correct factor for EMC work.
It is no error.
4. Last but not least, lest you suppose expressing magnetic measurements in E-field units is some newfangled notion the FCC recently had foisted on them somehow, I refer you to the FCC Laboratory Division Report 6.3.1, FIELD STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS by E. W. Chapin, from 1958:
Units of Measurement
The unit of measurement commonly used is the microvolt per meter, millivolt per meter or volt per meter. This unit is only rigorously applicable to the electric component of fields but is generally also used for expressing measurements of magnetic fields or the magnetic component of radiated fields.
This convention was already established practice at the FCC at least 30 years before the C63 Committee began preparing Part 15 standards at the FCC's request.
Regards, Re: Algeria 252
John
Posted by John Davis on July 11, 2021 at 18:40:58.
In reply to Re: Algeria 252 posted by Mike Terry on July 10, 2021
Catchy tune! Clear signal, albeit pretty heavily processed audio.
PVC off this weekend
Posted by John Davis on July 11, 2021 at 21:36:09.
Ed Holland tried to let us know about this earlier, but I must apologize for our over-achieving spam filter having trapped his message. He will probably be back on-air this coming week.
Re: Algeria 252
Posted by Vic GW4JUN on July 12, 2021 at 12:20:09.
In reply to Re: Algeria 252 posted by John Davis on July 11, 2021
Algeria Off air again last night 11th July and I think also night before.
I did a rough calculation of their electricity bill.....12 hours at 1500kW and 12 hours at 750kW is 27000kW (crikey), that must cost around $7500 / 24 hours. It's such s strong signal here in teh UK that they could save a bunch if they turned the wick down a little heheheh
Vic GW4JUN
Re: PVC off this weekend
Posted by Ed Holland on July 13, 2021 at 22:41:09.
In reply to PVC off this weekend posted by John Davis on July 11, 2021
Thanks John,
Indeed, PVC was restored to operation around 2200 (PDT) on 11th July. Monitoring turned up EH very strongly into the evening. NC and 7P also made strong appearances during the day. Examples attached.
There were several tantalising hints of other "watering hole" signals, but nothing from which I could readily tease an ID.
A foray to Northern California for 4th July Weekend saw another chance to test the the new portable receiver (excuse the deliberate Typo ahead) the Be(l)ka DX. I was successful in getting nice readable signals from the BBC world Service broadcasting from Wooferton, UK using a 15 ft x 15 ft loop on the ground. However, no success was had at 22m with this setup. Seemingly, a better antenna solution is required at this QTH. 22m weak signal work is well within the capability of this fine little radio, as demonstrated at PVC using proven aerials.
73s
Ed
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Re: K6FRC and AN2 reception report
Bill WB8ELk, Thank you for the AN2 reception report on 6/27/21. Your report is only the second report that I have received since I activated this beacon last year. It is good to know that AN2 is still working as advertised. 73's
KA9SZX WSPR spotted
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 14, 2021 at 00:35:26.
Finally got KA9SZX WSPR and QRSS CW here in EM83du.
2015 EDST 309 km according to WJST-X.
Strong easy read on QRSS CW. At the same time, NC, ROM, SIW all strong.
I have a couple of catptures I'll try to post. If not I'll send to John.
Exceptional day for short skip.
Bob F spotted EM83du
EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 14, 2021 at 13:50:32.
7/13 2015 - 2100 EDST
In the vicinity of 13.555 420ish. I have a capture that I'll post soon. Forgot the stick I saved it to. Was copying EH, NC ROM, ZX, KA9SZX and ROM also.
Bob Re: KA9SZX WSPR spotted
EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 14, 2021 at 14:52:28.
In reply to KA9SZX WSPR spotted posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 14, 2021
Of course great short-hop openings happen when I'm stuck waiting to sign for FedEx envelopes that never arrive...
Glad somebody else was able to make good use of the opportunity. Congrats, Bob!
Re: KA9SZX WSPR spotted
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 14, 2021 at 15:20:54.
In reply to Re: KA9SZX WSPR spotted posted by John Davis on July 14, 2021
I will try again to post the screen capture. I forgot the usb stick today....
I'm QRV on and off with my 1mW WSPR rig depending on WX which you know this time of year down here is always iffy.
Do you have a set listening schedule in the field or is it totally when you have time?
I'd be sure to have the tx on then.
TNX! Real Time MUF & Gray Line Map Is Back
EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 14, 2021 at 15:56:15.
One of the most popular and useful links on our solar page is back because the associated page from Solar-Terrestrial Dispatch in Canada is functional again, after an absence (probably pandemic related) of nearly seven months. The MUF contours are especially useful for HiFERs, and the gray line indicator can be of help to DXers in many bands.
www.lwca.net/sunpage.html
Lowfer JH
Posted by John Hamer on July 14, 2021 at 20:17:59.
I cut lowfer jh of last weekend. This last winter was by far my best. Thank you everyone for the reports! I look forward to this winter.
John Hamer
Recent NC and F capture EM83du
Posted by Bob WA1EDJ on July 15, 2021 at 14:56:45.
Lets see if this attachment works.
Bob
EDJ
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File Attachment 1: NC_F_ZX_ROM.gif
Re: Recent NC and F capture EM83du
Excellent capture, Bob. Any idea who "F" is?
Re: Recent NC and F capture EM83du
Posted by Ed Holland on July 15, 2021 at 23:19:29.
In reply to Recent NC and F capture EM83du posted by Bob WA1EDJ on July 15, 2021
That is a great capture, Bob.
WSPR station decodes still elude the antennae at PVC, although the signatures have been observed occasionally.
Re: Recent NC and F capture EM83du
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 16, 2021 at 14:32:39.
In reply to Re: Recent NC and F capture EM83du posted by John Davis on July 15, 2021
I do not know. I'll add what I'm observing though. I have not noticed F before my recent spots. When NC started showing up recently, so did F. I have a very favorable N/S path for some reason. Not so much to the W. EH is a daily and RY same when on.
Just yesterday I was spotting NC (strong) right along with F. EH was there also. No ROM at that time.
It would indicate to me, maybe, that F is somewhere on the east coast? Maybe in the NC area? Really a long shot guess. But nothing west of the Mississippi was visible at the time. No SIW either.
Now this is with a vertical GP type of antenna here so we should not be favoring any direction. In an ideal world.
I have a capture I'll post of the above F NC spot.
Later..... Few more captures from EM83du
Bob EDJ
Posted by Bob WA1EDJ on July 16, 2021 at 16:21:58.
EH and NC colliding on one.
F with my sig gen as a freq marker, right side. My gen was set to 13.555 420, it should be within a few Hz of spot on.
I looked around hfunderground HiFer list and saw no mention of F. I'm not a member but might join and ask.
I do not have the capture of F I made last night. Forgot to transfer to stick.
Later....
Bob
EDJ
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File Attachment 1: EH_NC.gif
File Attachment 2: F_w_marker_ROM.gif
PVC Off for Weekend 17/18 July
PVC will be off air from the morning of 17 July until the evening of the 18th to facilitate monitoring activity on 22m this weekend.
73s
Ed
Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by John K5MO on July 17, 2021 at 23:30:58.
I've got one of my Kiwis listening for WSPR decodes on 22M starting this morning. QRSS transmitter JB is off the air till the trees drop their leaves (and El Sol returns to the solar panel), so I'll be listening.
Anything heard will be uploaded to WSPRNET
John K5MO
PS: I'm using the KIWISDR wspr default frequency for 22M WSPR. I'm not sure what that actually is set to , so this might take some time at my end to fine tune.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by John K5MO on July 17, 2021 at 23:32:22.
In reply to Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 17, 2021
Just found it. 13,554.5 is what the setting defaults to.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021 at 00:55:50.
In reply to Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 17, 2021
How long are you leaving it on 22M John?
I can fire up the WSPR machine and will tonight.
TNX! Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Bob
WA1EDJ
Posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021 at 01:04:49.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021
Hi Bob
I was planning on leaving it up for the duration of the summer.
Best Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
John
Posted by John Davis on July 18, 2021 at 01:31:28.
In reply to Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 17, 2021
Thanks for the JB update. I was wondering why I hadn't seen it in recent weeks, and was trying to remember to email you to ask about. Will eagerly await its return.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021 at 01:48:51.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John Davis on July 18, 2021
I'm anxious to get it back on too, John, it's been a lot of fun. The dense woods out back makes it a challenge to keep sun on the battery pack, but I'll make use of the time with some WSPR listening for a change.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021 at 02:52:04.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021
Thanks John!
I've got to drop the main W3PM WSPR machine back to 5 mW tomorrow. It's set at 10 mW now for 10M. Which did quite well. Great! I'll let the world know I'm QRV tomorrow.
John: F strong here now 2250 EDT along with ROM. EH almost gone no NC.
Maybe F is somewhere in a northern direction from me, further out than NC?
Bob Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 18, 2021 at 05:32:23.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021
Intriguing puzzle with F. Also wonder whose WSPR signal that is just above 1530 Hz in some of the captures...notably the one labeled NC_F_ZX_ROM.gif, time stamped 8:13:58 on July 13? It seems to be right on top of the slightly sloped line of SIW-slash.
As for F, I've not yet seen this incarnation (and it'll probably be Tuesday before I can get to the field)...but if it is a QRSS version of the normal CW speed FSK "F" that was on back in April (lower frequency), that one tended to track well here in KS with ROM appearances too sometimes. Other times, it was closer but not quite overlapping NC reception times, as if possibly south of you. That one was also copied frequently in So Cal; but I haven't heard from anyone there about this version. Maybe Ed will have some luck this weekend.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021 at 15:31:01.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John Davis on July 18, 2021
Well the WSPR you see just above 1530 is me. I've left my 1 mW WSPR rig running during listening, so it is just me. No one ever did spot it from what I can tell.
I have a few more captures over the weekend to post tomorrow. It may give some context as to whom I'm coping while I'm seeing F. This morning WM showed up but F was weaker.
I'll keep capturing anything interesting.
Bob Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021 at 17:15:37.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021
Ok, got things back running on WSPR. 13.555 488 Subject to some drift.
If any collisions obsereved, let me kmow. Checked with counter so should be +/- 5 Hz
TX into vert GP.
I'll be watching WSPRnet!.
Bob Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
WA1EDJ
Posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021 at 17:57:29.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021
This will be a learning experience for us both Bob. I've pushed tens of thousands of spots from 10M and 20M, but never tried 22M.
Let's see what happens!
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021 at 18:40:41.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John K5MO on July 18, 2021
I wondered what trick you use to upload 22M spots. I checked earlier and filtered on
K5MO and did see your spots, none on 22M at that time.
You may have hard time with me. We are kind of close. You have spoted my 10M WSPR occasionally though.
In any event you'll catch SIW and ROM WSPR for sure.
We'll see!
Bob More EM83du captures
EDJ
Posted by Bob WA1EDJ on July 19, 2021 at 16:17:31.
Recent capture of SIW G and WM.
Also NC and F.
Lately F has been seen day and night at various times.
The mystery continues....
Bob
EDJ
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File Attachment 1: SIW_F_WM.gif
File Attachment 2: NC_F.gif
Re: More EM83du captures
Typo....should be SIW F and WM.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by Ed Holland on July 19, 2021 at 18:10:40.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by John Davis on July 18, 2021
Alas, no luck this weekend here. Circumstances prevented any listening or monitoring.
PVC is on-air.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by Ed Holland on July 19, 2021 at 18:39:51.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 18, 2021
For those of us not initiated in WSPR reporting, would someone please explain how 22 m activity is shared and viewed?
Thanks,
Ed
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 19, 2021 at 22:41:27.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by Ed Holland on July 19, 2021
I've never uploaded spots to WSPRnet so have no clue. I have seen in done I believe.
Takes some kind of trick since 22M is not on the WSPRnet list.
I've not seen any uploads from K5MO today on anything other than 10M.
I'm off and on due to TS here in GA. Listening now.
F and EH at the moment.
Bob Hifers in ME Today
EDJ
Posted by John, W1TAG on July 19, 2021 at 23:08:28.
During the afternoon, I watched NC, F and the SIWs at the watering hole. From here in Maine, F and NC show similar fading patterns.
After 2230Z tonight, I found ABBY on 13564.72, ODX on 13566.46, and what I believe were ROM on 13555.34 and WM on 13555.30. ID on the last two is a little tentative due to static crashes chopping things up.
John, W1TAG Re: Hifers in ME Today
FN43sv
Posted by Chris on July 19, 2021 at 23:51:01.
In reply to Hifers in ME Today posted by John, W1TAG on July 19, 2021
John,
Thanks for the report on beacon “Abby” . This would be the first confirmed reception report from the state of Maine. I had to put the efhw vertical antenna back up this Wednesday as we had storms and an 8 inch In diameter branch decided to drop 30ft and take the antenna down . The branch had had also landed onto the small tree which I had the beacon transmitter attached to. Thank fully neither the antenna or transmitter was damaged. Frequency may have drifted to sue result of this. I am happy the antenna was good still and swr was well bellow 1.2.
Chris Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by Ed Holland on July 20, 2021 at 00:45:44.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 19, 2021
Thanks Bob, and happy listening.
/Ed
Hifer TGR
Posted by Kelli K2TGR on July 20, 2021 at 03:21:16.
TGR is currently off the air and will be moving permanently to Elizabethtown, PA in a few weeks.
Re: Hifers in ME Today
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021 at 13:21:12.
In reply to Hifers in ME Today posted by John, W1TAG on July 19, 2021
John;
Thanks for the report of seeing WM Hifer on your screen.
Thanks for listening.
Mike N8OOU 73 Re: Hifers in ME Today
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021 at 13:28:20.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021
Mike,
I've spotted it lately down here in EM83du too. I think one of my recent posted captures show's it.
Bob Re: Hifers in ME Today
EDJ
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021 at 18:26:28.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021
Bob,
I apologize for not responding to your report. I did see it, but did not have the minutes available right then to write. It doesn't take long now for my memory cells to lose their short term data. I do appreciate the reports. Thanks for listening.
Mike N8OOU 73
Re: Hifers in ME Today
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021 at 19:31:21.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021
No problem Mike! I understand. Just glad I spotted you.
Now we have to figure out who F is?
Bob Re: Hifers in ME Today
EDJ
Posted by John, W1TAG on July 20, 2021 at 20:26:22.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021
Bob,
Further observing today showed long periods in mid-day with no F signal, but SIW and NC hanging in there. This was the first day in a while where there was little Es propagation to me in southern Maine. Not sure what to conclude.
John, W1TAG
Re: Hifers in ME Today
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021 at 23:03:22.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by John, W1TAG on July 20, 2021
Seeing F now @ 1900 local strong. EH weak. Not much else.
Bob Re: Hifers in ME Today
EDJ
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021 at 23:26:39.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 20, 2021
I did a 24Hr screen grab of the 22M djj supergrabber a few days ago. F was present when I started capture on 7/14 14:00 UTC thru 7/15 01:22 UTC. It was very strong all that time with 1 or 2 short fades. Other beacons popped in and out, WM was in for only 20 minutes or so.
I know that's an old report, but F seems to have good coverage.
Mike 73
Re: Hifers in ME Today
Posted by John, W1TAG on July 21, 2021 at 00:03:11.
In reply to Re: Hifers in ME Today posted by Mike N8OOU on July 20, 2021
Mike,
Tonight was odd. F was the loudest thing on the band. The only other signal heard/seen was MTI.
John, W1TAG
F strong into WA5DJJ Grabber
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 22, 2021 at 16:10:15.
At 1550 UT F is strong on the WA5DJJ HiFER1 grabber. I don't often see HiFER activity that strong on Dave's machine. I'm not home to see how F is doing into EM83du but lately it's been visible most of the time.
Bob Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
EDJ
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 23, 2021 at 02:26:43.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by Ed Holland on July 19, 2021
In the Original WSPR program you can change the frequency to OTHER and then enter Dial: 13.553900 and TX: 13.555400 Make sure you have your station info entered in the setup menus and have the upload box checked. Set your radio to USB and frequency to 13.553900 MHz. In the newer WSJT-X program I don't see any way to enter the 22 meter frequencies but will look into it. Here's an example I uploaded today: 2021-07-22 23:00 K3SIW 13.555401 -28 0 EN52ta 0.005 WB8ELK/1 EM64oj 859 170 2 - Bill WB8ELK Mystery Mexican(?) WSPR Beacon
Posted by John Davis on July 23, 2021 at 06:31:17.
"Town to town and up and down the dial"...the WKRP Theme pretty well describes the signal of what purports to be XE2ITY, somewhere in Baja California. Hamcall doesn't list that call sign, but a Google search suggests it belonged to Pedro Villa Ochoa in Sonora State in 2014.
The signal was first uploaded to WSPRnet this morning by KA9Q between 1416 and 1436 UTC, ranging in frequency from 13,554.399 to .490, if KA9Q's receiver calibration is correct. (One wonders how he happened to notice it that far from the watering hole.) When I first saw it at mid-afternoon, it was overlapping WM. I had to lower the tuning of the receiver and compensate the "dial frequency" setting to get it to decode--although, as you'll notice, it ranged from 13555.284 to .331 during the evening. It faded away around 40 minutes after sunset.
1800 -23 -0.5 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1808 -18 1.3 13.555415 0 KA9SZX EM64 7 1820 -21 -0.5 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1840 -25 -0.6 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2000 -27 -0.5 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2008 -13 0.4 13.555293 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2040 -23 -0.7 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2110 -29 -0.9 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2120 -28 -1.1 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2130 -24 -0.3 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2140 -29 -0.7 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2220 -27 -0.6 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 2248 -17 0.3 13.555288 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 0020 -23 -1.0 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 0030 -24 -1.4 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 0050 -27 -0.8 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 0130 -13 0.1 13.555287 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 0142 -10 0.1 13.555305 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 0150 -18 0.0 13.555331 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 0202 -16 0.1 13.555283 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 0214 -19 0.3 13.555330 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 0218 -21 0.3 13.555294 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10BTW, I was surprised to only manage one spot of KA9SZX. It looked good a number of times earlier in the afternoon but only decoded once. Later in the evening, it seemed the WSPR segment had been shut off, leaving only the CW block and the SZX QRSS ID followed by a long gap. VA3ROM varied in strength a lot, punching holes that were apparently too deep to yield any decodes.
Other activity today, FWIW: Best signal from NDB2 in many months at noon; F was fair to good most of the day, but unreasonably loud after sunset for a while; ABBY faintly visible at noon, gone by evening; possible PBJ briefly in late afternoon; K6FRC faintly after dark; TON and VAN visible after dark; but no WV, KAH, WAS, or ODX any time I checked today.
Re: Mystery Mexican(?) WSPR Beacon
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 23, 2021 at 16:33:11.
In reply to Mystery Mexican(?) WSPR Beacon posted by John Davis on July 23, 2021
I also copied XE2ITY on WSPR yesterday.
- Bill WB8ELK
WA1EDJ
Posted by John Davis on July 23, 2021 at 16:40:21.
Bob, could you shift up or down 10 Hz perhaps? As of this morning, WA1EDJ WSPR is right square on top of K3SIW WSPR and QRSS. I'm getting reported SNRs of -11 to -17, with an upward drift of a little over 1 Hz during the first 40 seconds of each transmission slot.
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by Edward Holland on July 23, 2021 at 19:52:32.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 23, 2021
Bill, thanks. I use WSJT-X here.
Besides which, it seems that without a callsign, I don't believe it is possible to upload anything. Despite this, I was hoping that it could be possible to see WSPR activity from other 22m stations.
Ed
Re: WA1EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 24, 2021 at 00:54:57.
In reply to WA1EDJ posted by John Davis on July 23, 2021
Will do. I'm QRT for tonight, will adjust in the morning when I reconnect antenna.
Bob Re: WA1EDJ
EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 24, 2021 at 14:33:30.
In reply to WA1EDJ posted by John Davis on July 23, 2021
Ok, I dropped down probably a little more than 10 Hz and changed displayed power to 7 dbm.
It actually was, I just forgot to change it.
I did see one decode of the new XE WSPR station last night.
Let me know if that's ok.
Bob HiFERs 24 Jul 21
EDJ
Posted by Ed Holland on July 25, 2021 at 05:06:16.
PVC Switched to monitoring mode today. The watering hole landscape looked very different all of a sudden, between mid morning (1800 UTc to 2300 at leat) 3 WSPR signals appeared at regular intervals, and the mysterious F domintated for long periods. Judjing from the trace intensity, any one of the aforementioned stations could have been audible.
Also notable at times were 7P - usually the strongest signal here, but quite exceeded by the aforementioned arrivals. Wish I'd had WSJT set up, but alas no. Perhaps tomorrow..
73
Ed
Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz
Posted by John K5MO on July 25, 2021 at 13:42:53.
In reply to Re: Listening for WSPR on 13.5 MHz posted by Edward Holland on July 23, 2021
No good results here so far with the Kiwi decoder. I'm on the road till tomorrow but will do some more digging.
I know you can make up your own "call" (the telemetry sent by balloons is encoded into a callsign field)
Need some more time to look at this.
Monitoring 474.200
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 25, 2021 at 13:49:53.
I monitored 474.200 kHz. last night, using the WSPR mode of WSJTX and logged WB3AVN and WD8DAS.
For Sunday night, I'll switch to FST4W mode and see if anything is logged.
73, J.B., VE3EAR WA1EDJ QRV 13.555 385
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 25, 2021 at 14:26:29.
Will be WSPRing today unitl maybe 1800 local. Then some RX time.
Looks like I was showing up on WA5DJJ grabber earlier. F is strong into Dave's right now.
Bob Re: HiFERs 24 Jul 21
EDJ
Posted by Ed Holland on July 26, 2021 at 20:09:23.
In reply to HiFERs 24 Jul 21 posted by Ed Holland on July 25, 2021
Here are some screenshots from Saturday 24th. F features prominently.
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File Attachment 1: 24-Jul-21x59.jpg
File Attachment 2: 24-Jul-21x11.jpg
File Attachment 3: 24-Jul-21x58.jpg
Re: HiFERs 24 Jul 21
Nice shots Ed. I believe that's me WA1EDJ just below F in a couple of shots.
F is quite strong at times here in EM83du and on the WA5DJJ grabber.
Bob 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV
EDJ
Posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021 at 00:02:56.
Folks..I've just switched on the grabber for about 4 hours on the 22m Hifer band
for a bit of fun.
I'm plugged in to a Kiwi RX in Ottawa and doing the processing on a Raspberry Pi.
www.qsl.net/g0ftd/grabber.htm
Hope to see some signals soon.
Good luck.
73 de Andy
Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 27, 2021 at 13:51:51.
In reply to 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021
TNX Andy! At 0950 EDST I'm seeing the mystery station F strong.
I believe I'm about 10 Hz lower with faint WSPR, WA1EDJ WSPR.
22M has been active for me in EM83du this summer.
Bob Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV
EDJ
Posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021 at 14:19:25.
In reply to Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 27, 2021
Hi Bob,
Glad the little foray was useful.
It's been a little while since I made a contribution to the scene.
It was seeing WA5DJJ's grabber that kick started me last night, after
I saw some good signals on it.
I wonder if there are any 24/7 Hifer grabbers active and uploading to
their websites ?
73 de Andy
Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 27, 2021 at 15:11:04.
In reply to Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021
Appreciate your giving a listen (watch) on 22M from time to time. We are often ignored. Dave, DJJ is the only grabber I know of full time. I wish there were more
scattered about the US and CA. Not sure HiFER's are legal in all parts of the world.
I don't often see much besides NC on Dave's machine. Recently F showed up. We have no idea who it is but would like to know. Strong and appears daily in my QTH. Lately my WSPR has made appearances on DJJ in the mornings.
Good to hear from you again!
Bob Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV
EDJ
Posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021 at 19:10:33.
In reply to Re: 22 m Hifer band grabber via Ottawa QRV posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 27, 2021
>Not sure HiFER's are legal in all parts of the world.
I think only the US/Canadian are permitted with the intentional radiators provision.
Anyway, I'm now monitoring for a few hours from this side of the pond, just in case
for a few hours.
www.qsl.net/g0ftd/grabber.htm
or via
https://swharden.com/qrss/plus/
The latter site has been much improved in the last few months, and clicking the
"radio" buttons near the top of the page reveals useful propagation info etc.
Now if only there were some Hifer or Lowfer grabbers that we could add to it too.
Any suggestions welcome.
73 de Andy Weekend Report, Fri. the 23rd
Posted by John Davis on July 27, 2021 at 20:33:01.
Started 10 AM CDT Friday. NDB2 was fair but slowly drifting up from 13554.000, and WV was weak around .075. Probable MN visible at 13562.659 but not quite audible; likely would have worked at QRSS3. Probable ABBY was only an RF smudge at 13564.725 kHz.
Listened for but had no copy of PBJ, PLM, TON, NHVT, VAN, FRC, KAH, WAS or ODX. (K6FRC was visible later before I quit for the night to [unsuccessfully] monitor for LowFER EAR.)
Visible at the watering hole were NC, parts of 7P, SIW slant, F, K3SIW WSPR/QRSS6, WA1EDJ on top of K3SIW as mentioned before, MTI once in a while, XE2ITY as also reported earlier, and finally, brief pieces of ROM and WM at times. By late afternoon, 7P and MTI were gone.
The day's WSPR decodes:
1538 -13 -0.9 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1542 -16 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1546 -13 -0.8 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1554 -16 -0.2 13.555334 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 1554 -12 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1558 -15 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1600 -23 -0.9 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1602 -11 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1606 -17 -0.8 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1610 -18 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1614 -14 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1618 -18 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1620 -26 -1.6 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1622 -18 -0.8 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1626 -17 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1630 -16 -0.9 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1638 -20 -1.1 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1640 -22 -1.2 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1642 -18 -0.8 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1646 -19 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1650 -17 -0.8 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1654 -22 -0.8 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1658 -18 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1700 -25 -0.9 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1702 -20 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1706 -15 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1710 -16 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1714 -15 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1718 -14 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1720 -28 -1.0 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1722 -18 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1726 -21 -0.8 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1730 -22 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1734 -17 -0.9 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1738 -21 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1742 -24 -0.2 13.555315 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 1742 -19 -1.1 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1746 -16 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1750 -21 -0.9 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1754 -18 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1758 -19 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1800 -27 -1.6 13.555402 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1802 -25 0.0 13.555320 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 1802 -19 -0.8 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1806 -16 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1810 -16 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1814 -25 -1.1 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1818 -17 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1822 -19 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1826 -20 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1830 -17 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1834 -23 -1.1 13.555402 2 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1842 -13 -1.0 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1846 -20 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1850 -20 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1854 -17 -1.0 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1858 -26 -0.1 13.555314 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 1858 -19 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1902 -21 -0.9 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1906 -24 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1910 -13 -1.0 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1914 -10 -0.1 13.555303 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 1914 -14 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1918 -19 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1922 -21 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1926 -17 -0.2 13.555307 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 1926 -15 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1930 -15 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1934 -16 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1938 -19 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1942 -20 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1946 -20 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1950 -21 -0.3 13.555295 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 1954 -24 -0.1 13.555314 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 1954 -26 -0.8 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 1958 -22 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2002 -28 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2006 -19 -0.3 13.555295 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2006 -22 -1.1 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2010 -19 -1.0 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2014 -22 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2018 -19 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2022 -23 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2026 -17 -1.0 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2030 -20 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2034 -18 -0.3 13.555329 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2034 -13 -1.0 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2038 -20 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2042 -20 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2046 -20 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2050 -14 -0.3 13.555334 1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2050 -15 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2054 -21 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2058 -28 -0.5 13.555325 0 XE2ITY DL29 10 2102 -25 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2134 -24 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2150 -17 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2154 -23 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2158 -17 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2202 -23 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2206 -18 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2210 -23 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2214 -23 -0.9 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2218 -20 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2222 -21 -1.0 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2226 -15 -1.1 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2230 -22 -1.0 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2234 -18 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2238 -22 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2242 -20 -0.9 13.555400 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2246 -20 -0.3 13.555295 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2246 -12 -0.9 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2250 -17 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2254 -17 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2302 -23 -0.4 13.555301 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2302 -15 -1.1 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2306 -19 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2310 -16 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2314 -19 -1.0 13.555401 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2318 -21 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2322 -17 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2326 -19 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 2334 -9 -0.5 13.555332 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 2334 -20 -1.1 13.555402 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 0002 -20 -1.1 13.555401 1 WA1EDJ EM83 10 0018 -23 -1.0 13.555402 0 WA1EDJ EM83 10 0022 -12 -0.3 13.555309 -1 XE2ITY DL29 10 0100 -23 -1.1 13.555400 0 K3SIW EN52 7
Weekend Report, Sun. the 25th
Too hot Saturday. Sunday, WA1EDJ was safely away from SIW, but only one decode of the latter anyway due to deteriorated short hop conditions. Only brief pieces of ROM visible. No sign of XE2ITY on Sunday, and SZX has been conspicuous by its absence all weekend. A composite screen shot of the watering hole in late morning is attached as 25jul05.jpg.
The other attachment is a glimpse of SIW slant during the noon hour.
Away from the watering hole, no sign of NDB2 or WV on Sunday morning, but WV was visible-only on 13554.070 at 2:53 PM. NHVT was visible both times and seemingly on the verge of audibility...at 11:28 AM CDT on 13558.950 and at 2:57 PM even lower, at .900. No TON either time, and none of the usuals above mid-band either.
Here are the day's WSPR decodes:
1634 -21 1.0 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1642 -21 0.8 13.555391 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1646 -13 0.9 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1650 -20 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1650 -26 -0.3 13.555401 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1654 -21 0.8 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1714 -17 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1718 -19 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1722 -18 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1726 -17 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1730 -21 0.8 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1734 -17 0.9 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1738 -13 0.7 13.555389 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1742 -16 0.8 13.555389 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1746 -15 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1750 -18 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1754 -15 0.7 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1802 -14 0.8 13.555389 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1806 -18 0.8 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1810 -21 0.7 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1814 -25 0.8 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1818 -21 0.8 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1822 -16 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1826 -18 0.9 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1830 -21 0.8 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1834 -16 0.8 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1838 -16 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1842 -20 0.7 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1846 -19 0.7 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1850 -21 0.8 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1854 -25 0.9 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1858 -22 1.0 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1902 -27 0.7 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1906 -25 0.8 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1910 -22 0.9 13.555390 0 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1930 -30 0.7 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 1946 -14 0.9 13.555390 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7 2010 -25 0.8 13.555389 1 WA1EDJ EM83 7
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File Attachment 1: 25jul05.jpg
File Attachment 2: 25jul03.jpg
Re: Weekend Report, Sun. the 25th
Forgot to mention...in the watering hole capture, the asterisks (*) mark some mystery pulse sidebands. Short bursts of pulses at a 66.67 Hz repetition appeared every 54 seconds for a while, placing little spots on screens in several parts of the band. Other times, the pulse rate was a little over 100 pps, recurring in similarly short bursts.
EH makes it across to the UK on 22 m.
Posted by Andy G0FTD on July 27, 2021 at 21:49:02.
Grab here -
https://qsl.net/g0ftd/other/temp/EH-Hifer-band-2021-07-27_T21-34-G0FTD.jpg
Well done.
73 de Andy
hifer F
Posted by swlem3 on July 28, 2021 at 22:54:27.
Been away from the hobby for several weeks and just fired up the rx on the hifer segment. Noticing "F" quite strong into Texas. Rx'ing with the Elad sdr and random vertical wire.
www.dropbox.com/s/ab36aa1yoe0myou/f.jpg?dl=0
Ray ... swlem3 in N. Central Texas
252 is silent
Posted by Mike Terry on July 29, 2021 at 11:54:30.
Both RTE and Algeria off at present.
Mike
Re: hifer F
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 29, 2021 at 16:06:31.
In reply to hifer F posted by swlem3 on July 28, 2021
Good to see you back Ray.
I've been seeing F daily here in EM83du. Usually strong. It is a mystery who is F.
I have a vert GP type antenna so can't get a general direction.
However, generally only east coast stations N and S of me are this strong. I see EH daily and RY daily when on. Rarely much west of the mississippi. F is making it into WA5DJJ grabber frequently too.
I am WSPRing daily on 13.555 385.
Bob Re: hifer F
EDJ
Posted by swlem3 on July 29, 2021 at 21:37:20.
In reply to Re: hifer F posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 29, 2021
Hi Bob, thanks for the reply. Ok on F. Yes, it'd be nice to know where it originates. It has a very good signal here... since yesterday it's easily visible. Roger on the wspr... I have some decodes for you on wsprnet. Been rx'ing since roughly 11:00am local texas time. I haven't tried the other hifers yet since being back on rx. Been too busy so far, but will give it a go when time permits.
Ray
Re: hifer F
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 29, 2021 at 22:38:13.
In reply to Re: hifer F posted by swlem3 on July 29, 2021
TNX Ray! I did find them searching on swlem3. At some point I'll get back on QRSS3 TX.
Could you expalin how you upload 22M WSPR spots to WSPRnet? I've not done it but have wanted to. Others have asked here on the board how to do it and had some problems because 22M is not on the list of bands. It might encourage others to uplaod some 22M spots.
TNX for the reports!
Re: hifer F
Bob
EDJ
Posted by swlem3 on July 30, 2021 at 14:11:35.
In reply to Re: hifer F posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 29, 2021
Bob, in the wsjt-x program, click on File\settings\frequency tab. You need to create/add another freq to the existing default list of freq/modes. Do this by right-clicking in the "working frequecies" list box. That will open up a menu box. Click on Insert. That opens another box that allows you to add a freq/mode. Select wspr in the mode box and type the freq of 13.5539 in the freq/mhz box. That's it. Click on "OK" to save the work and the box will disappear. Back to the main program box, the hifer freq of 13.5539 mhz will now be able to be selected in the drop-down list along with the other ham band wspr freqs. :-)
Ray ... swlem3
Re: Monitoring 474.200
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 31, 2021 at 13:07:44.
In reply to Monitoring 474.200 posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 25, 2021
I'm having a bit of luck in my monitoring of 474.200 kHz. for the past week. Using the FST4W-120 mode, I've logged comparatively local stations, but a bit of trans-continent DX too. Earlier in the week, I had a station from Washington State, and last night I got one from New Mexico. Not bad for mid-summer!
73, J.B., VE3EAR Re: hifer F
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 31, 2021 at 14:17:23.
In reply to Re: hifer F posted by swlem3 on July 30, 2021
Thanks Ray...I was wondering how to do that in WSJT-X. In the original WSPR program all you had to do was select OTHER in the frequency list and enter 13.553900.
- Bill WB8ELK
KA9SZX WSPR (SZX on QRSS) is now on from EN40pk
Posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 31, 2021 at 14:24:20.
I finished development of the KA9SZX HiFer and it is now at its new home near Macomb Illinois (EN40pk). WSPR alternates between 20m and 22m HiFer band every 10 minutes on 13.555418 MHz. 10 wpm CW (SZX) for 2 minutes then QRSS3 alternating with QRSS6 every 10 minutes. - Bill WB8ELK and Mark KA9SZX
RY On This Week
Posted by John, W1TAG on July 31, 2021 at 14:26:56.
I'm going to run Hifer beacon RY this week. The mode will be "old-fashioned" DFCW-3 with dots on 13555.375, and "dashes" 5 Hz higher. This should be clear of the WA1EDJ WSPR beacon on 13555.390.
John, W1TAG Re: hifer F
RY, Raymond, ME
FN43sv
Posted by swlem3 on July 31, 2021 at 14:46:23.
In reply to Re: hifer F posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 31, 2021
Your welcome Bill. :-)
73, Ray
Re: KA9SZX WSPR (SZX on QRSS) is now on from EN40pk
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 31, 2021 at 16:32:39.
In reply to KA9SZX WSPR (SZX on QRSS) is now on from EN40pk posted by Bill WB8ELK on July 31, 2021
Bill,
Getting decodes of SZX WSPR this morning from EN40, 980 KM. Good to see you at the new QTH. Will be watching here in EM83du.
Bob Re: RY On This Week
EDJ
Posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 31, 2021 at 16:37:13.
In reply to RY On This Week posted by John, W1TAG on July 31, 2021
John,
Good to see you back for a bit. I spotted RY DFCW this morning. In and out but it looked like you. I have a capture I'll post in a day or so.
Also caught EH heading north quickly. Must have hit a quick warm up.
F strong and solid as usual. Who is it???
Bob Re: KA9SZX WSPR (SZX on QRSS) is now on from EN40pk
EDJ
Posted by swlem3 on July 31, 2021 at 18:28:48.
In reply to Re: KA9SZX WSPR (SZX on QRSS) is now on from EN40pk posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 31, 2021
Bill, picked up a decode of SZX wspr2 in N. Central Texas... em03rf, 1054km. Will let the rx run into the late afternoon.
Ray ... elad sdr w/random wire vertical
Re: Monitoring 474.200
Posted by John Davis on July 31, 2021 at 21:12:10.
In reply to Re: Monitoring 474.200 posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 31, 2021
Has EAR been off during this time?
Re: RY On This Week
Posted by John Davis on July 31, 2021 at 21:38:41.
In reply to Re: RY On This Week posted by WA1EDJ Bob on July 31, 2021
Looking forward to watching for RY tomorrow (t-storms approaching this afternoon). Now we'll have two stations on .375, though. MTI being one CW ID per minute probably won't impact RY, but the reverse is possible.
potrzebie
