Dear LF Group,
Thanks for all the reports - The M0BMU WSPR beacon is still running, and
will probably QRT at around 0100utc.
So far the reports this evening have been from (in no particular order)
F1AFJ, GM4SLV, DF6NM, DL4YHF, F5WK, LA9BEA, F4DTL, DK6NI, G4FDD, F4EMV,
I2PHD, G3WCB and IK1ODO. Many thanks to all - It is good to see some calls
who are not previously "known" on LF.
I would be interested to try another 136k WSPR session during daylight -
bearing in mind the long ground wave range on 136k, and the relatively low
QRN during the day, I think results could be good. Perhaps this weekend.
John - your lack of trees is not such a bad thing on 136k, where they soak
up a lot of your TX power. In the experiments I did about a year ago, I
found that an inv L antenna that was nearly identical to the antenna I am
using now except that it was in the middle of a field, was 24 times as
efficient as my home antenna, which is surrounded by assorted trees and
buildings ( it was 6 times more efficient on 500k). So you might not need a
tall antenna to get a reasonable signal in your treeless landscape. True, I
am also using quite high power, but then looking at the SNR figures on your
spots, there is about 10 - 20dB margin over the minimum possible SNR for
decoding. so you could probably get away with less power too.
Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU
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