Re: LF: 472kHz WSPR RX

[Roger Lapthorn <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com>]

Good luck Paul.

On 14 January 2018 at 18:35, N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com> wrote:

Thanks for monitoring and for this interesting information Roger.

I am back on MF with a new amplifier. Last night was a test run. Conditions were fantastic! Tonight I will be on looking for JT9 and CW QSOs, so  I expect propagation will be terrible. :-)

73,
Paul N1BUG

On 01/14/2018 11:42 AM, Roger Lapthorn wrote:

Last night my incredibly poor system managed to copy 20 unique stations on 472kHz WSPR. Best was N1BUG at 4940km. This is nothing compared with the incredible work being done at VLF.

However, it may encourage others. My antenna is just the coax outer to my 2m big-wheel antenna. This antenna is about 4m above ground. The coax is at most 10m long and a lot of it is just 0.5m above the ground. The ATU is a ferrite rod on the bench in the shack. My ground is a mains plug and one ground rod. My RX is just the FT817 which is starting to get deaf at 472kHz.

Don't EVER say you cannot RX on 472kHz!

73s
Roger G3XBM