Re: LF: WSPR-2 on 630m last night

[Dimitrios Tsifakis <dtsifakis@gmail.com>]

Hi Stefan,

VK dominates WSPR in numbers but not in records -  yet!  :-)

I have been busy with university homework but that's finishing now, so
I will get busy with radio again. My latest experiment is a very
simple WSPR-2 Arduino/DDS/Class-E transmitter. The web page below is
work in progress:

http://people.physics.anu.edu.au/~dxt103/472/wspr_tx/

I have also been doing some tests with a very restricted antenna just
to prove the point that a super large antenna is not the only way to
enjoy the new low bands. Last weekend I did a quick test with the WSPR
beacon from my block of land outside Canberra, using the earth dipole
antenna. I was able to cover 180 km with only 5 W and I know what to
do to improve this. Can't beat a ground antenna when it comes to
convenience!

73, Dimitris Vk1SV

2013/7/2 Stefan Schäfer <Stefan.Schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de>:
> Hi Dimitris,
>
> Am 01.07.2013 06:02, schrieb Dimitrios Tsifakis:
>
>> Not only it's winter, but I noticed that VK dominates WSPR on 630m on a
>> regular basis :-)
>
> Are you sure? :-)
>
>
>> There are plenty of stations monitoring, from all over the country,
>> including, from time to time, one from Perth, Western Australia.
>
> Yes, i see. It is very nice to see so much activity from down under. But
> where are all the ZL stations?
>
>
>> So far, we haven't managed to repeat the VK1DSH->F6CNI record but perhaps,
>> if the activity keeps to a high level, it's a matter of time until an EU
>> station is received here.
>
> That was a very rare event i guess. But we'll try. Thanks for the
> motivation. BTW soon the LF DX season starts again and Edgar has done a lot
> of effort to prepare for a new #3 DX WR on LF. I'll try to transmit as much
> as possible, either on MF or on LF. Actually i should really build an
> automatic antenna switch. Then i can send a MF WSPR 2 block between the gap
> of 2 LF DFCW-180 elements :-)
>
> Have fun and good luck!
> Any new /p experiments from your side? And how does the tube PA perform now?
>
> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
>
>>
>> 73, Dimitris VK1SV
>
>