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Hello Markus, All,

I think I have been very lucky with the antenna. I am running only 
150 watts but I am being heard. There are many trees which surely 
steal some of my RF.

I have not yet tried transmitting WSPR-15 but I have a Ultimate 3S 
so this is a possibility. Are there many stations in EU monitoring 
that mode? On this side, very few because stability of the old 
versions of WSPR software is a problem. I tried for months to make 
it run but I could not stop it from crashing every few minutes.

I also thought about trying DFCW to see if I can appear on any 
grabbers. I thought that would be the only chance to be received in 
DL, but I guess not. My WSPR-2 was heard by DF6NM and DF4UE last night.

The next challenge is a two way QSO. This is my ultimate goal, but 
much more difficult to achieve.

73,
Paul


On 02/18/2018 09:22 AM, DK7FC wrote:
> Hello Paul,
> 
> My congrats to the very good results! TA WSPR-LF decodes have been very
> rare so far. You seem to achieve a good antenne efficiency.
> My WSPR monitor is now running again but unfortunately the RX is
> overloaded when transmitting on VLF, which i do regularly these days
> (years actually).
> 
> 73, GL
> 
> PS: Did you try WSPR-15 already?
> 
> 
> Am 18.02.2018 14:58, schrieb N1BUG:
>> Hi Markus, All,
>>
>> Try to imagine how pleased I am! When I began transmitting again three
>> days ago I was hoping I might receive even one weak report from across
>> the pond. I was not expecting anything like the results I have seen.
>> Thank you for being there to provide these exciting reports! I think I
>> stopped breathing after seeing the first report from your station, but
>> don't worry I'm OK now. :-)
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul N1BUG FN55mf
>>
>>
>> On 02/18/2018 03:27 AM, Markus Vester wrote:
>>> Yes indeed! This morning I was pleased to find three decodes from
>>> N1BUG here:
>>>
>>>       Timestamp       Call       MHz    SNR   Drift Grid   Pwr
>>> Reporter  RGrid     km   az
>>>    2018-02-18 01:26   N1BUG   0.137445   -32   0   FN55mf   0.5
>>> DF6NM   JN59nj   5764   55
>>>    2018-02-18 00:44   N1BUG   0.137445   -29   0   FN55mf   0.5
>>> DF6NM   JN59nj   5764   55
>>>    2018-02-18 00:38   N1BUG   0.137445   -32   0   FN55mf   0.5
>>> DF6NM   JN59nj   5764   55
>>>
>>> Thanks Paul!
>>>
>>> Best 73,
>>> Markus (DF6NM)
>>>
>>> PS: Still running WSPR v0.8 r3058 here because this version can also
>>> do wspr-15 mode.