I have my station configured to watch for WSPR-2 activity on 2200M over the weekend. Antenna is a ten foot loop, oriented to favour a NE-SW direction from my QTH, on the east shore of Lake Huron. Any
Hi Paul.congrats on your summertime T/A! Your last transmission received here was at 09:02 UTC. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr
Hi Guys.havent been paying too much attention to the WSPR posts of late, but with the weekend approaching, I want to try something a little different. Will my current WSPR-X software v0.8 r3058 work,
Hi Stefan.thanks for your reply and the instructions. It may take me a while to get everything sorted, as Im an old codger! Ive downloaded the required files into my old WinXP PC and will twiddle awa
Nicolas.thats a fine build you have there! Is it a re-purposed CB radio chassis and panel? I wish I could listen/look for your signals this evening, but Im a bit too far away. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER
Wishing all of my fiends on both sides of the pond a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. May your decodes be plenty, regardless of what band and mode youve chosen! 73, J.B., VE3EAR P.S. - Its
Hi Rik.just a couple of things I noted while trying to get the latest release to run under WinXP in my old PC. It seems to be a write problem, as when I start it up again after a lockup, I have to re
Hello LFers and Lowfers, I have a screenshot of the "Stations by Freq" listing that is on the 500 kHz. website which was taken some months ago. It is very different from the one found today, in that
Hi John, LFers, A nice job on the website! I have to ask...what are your winters like at that latitude? Living on the shore of Lake Huron, I know all about lake effect snow squalls, but I'll bet ther
Hello LFers, I've been reading this thread and find it describing what has taken place on this side of the pond as well. I had a subscription to 73 Magazine during the 70's and 80's, and it was at le
Hello Lowfers & LFers, If anyone plans to run any of the digital modes found in MultiPSK on 500 kilohertz, please post a message here or to the LWCA bulletin board with the details. To date I've just
Hello LFers, My farmer neighbour has kindly offered me the use of his fence posts to erect a "longwire" receiving antenna. I could make it well over a thousand feet in length and run out of $ for the
Hi Kevin, Mike, LFers, Thanks for the replies/suggestions regarding my antenna question. If I was to make use of the entire fence-line, I could have a veryvery long wire/beverage of about 3/4 of a mi
Hello LFers, Wishing all of my friends "across the pond" the very best of the season. I hope Santa treated all of you with some new toys to play with! 73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL Solar and wind powered
Hello LFers, A very interesting video indeed. A nice mix of craftsmanship and technology. I have an old 304TH that I light up every so often just to see the glow that transistors don't give! 73, J.B.
Hello LFers & Lowfers, I've been testing a 1200 foot end fed longwire mounted on an existing fence-line and coupled to the receiver with a 3:1 turns ratio isolation transformer. The antenna is 3 feet
Hello Lowfers & LFers, My good wife gave me Volume 7 of the ARRL Antenna Compendium as one of my Christmas gifts. On page 3 is an article which describes a very clever way of placing inductive loadin
Hello Jean-Pierre, Thanks for the link! I think this is something I'm going to experiment with this spring and summer when the weather is more conducive to working outside. 73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
