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Events in Ukraine
March 3rd, 2014 | 
Author: I have just got off the air after making several contactsintoRussia and Ukraine on 10m PSK31. Ham radio transcends political boundaries and engenders friendships betweenpeople of all nations. All politicians could learn from it. My thoughts today are particularly with my radio friends living in Ukraine I hope that peace and normality are restored soon
до свидания!
Across the pond on 10m with 200mW
WSPR never loses its ability to astound. Today I’ve been WSPRing on 10m, still with 0.2W. My signal was decoded by 5 different Stateside stations.
| Timestamp | Call | MHz | SNR | Drift | Grid | Pwr | Reporter | RGrid | km | az |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-18 14:26 | G4ILO | 28.126105 | -25 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KZ8C | EM88pm | 5973 | 287 |
| 2014-01-18 14:36 | G4ILO | 28.126145 | -22 | 1 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KB9PVH | EN53oi | 5959 | 296 |
| 2014-01-18 14:44 | G4ILO | 28.126131 | -16 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | VE3SWS | FN06ge | 5201 | 293 |
| 2014-01-18 15:18 | G4ILO | 28.126107 | -9 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | N2NOM | FN22bg | 5267 | 286 |
| 2014-01-18 15:38 | G4ILO | 28.126104 | -23 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | K9AN | EN50wc | 6175 | 293 |
Whispering with 20mW
Many people who operate the weak signal mode WSPR use too much power. If you don’t use very low power (QRPp) you’ll never find out what this mode is capable of. So to remind myself I thought I’d do some whispering on 10m using 20mW of power. It’s easy to use low power with the Elecraft K3 as the power level is adjustable in 0.01 watt increments.
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| 10m stations hearing or heard by G4ILO on 8 Jan 2015 |
It’s a pity that the WSPRwebsite can’t display a map showing only spots of one callsign. The map shows spots involving one callsign. sent or received. So the map shows WSPR signals I decoded, not only those who heard me. Some of those stations were using as much as 37dBm – whatever that is in watts. Here are the stations that decoded my tiny signal. My 20mW into an attic diopole made it across the pond on several occasions
| Timestamp | Call | MHz | SNR | Drift | Grid | Pwr | Reporter | RGrid | km | az |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-08 15:44 | G4ILO | 28.126104 | -24 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | W9HLY | EN70mt | 5930 | 291 |
| 2014-01-08 15:24 | G4ILO | 28.126112 | -21 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KZ8C | EM88pm | 5973 | 287 |
| 2014-01-08 15:24 | G4ILO | 28.126104 | -27 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | K4RCG | FM08xl | 5688 | 284 |
| 2014-01-08 15:06 | G4ILO | 28.126103 | -24 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | W8AC | EN91jm | 5649 | 289 |
| 2014-01-08 15:06 | G4ILO | 28.126110 | -18 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KB9VLR | EN54vj | 5845 | 296 |
| 2014-01-08 15:06 | G4ILO | 28.126144 | -19 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | ND6M | EM55se | 6594 | 289 |
| 2014-01-08 14:56 | G4ILO | 28.126106 | -21 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KB9AMG | EN52tx | 5964 | 295 |
| 2014-01-08 14:46 | G4ILO | 28.126167 | -22 | -1 | IO84hp | 0.02 | KC9YSR | EM69il | 6175 | 291 |
| 2014-01-08 14:38 | G4ILO | 28.126106 | -18 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | VE3SWS | FN06ge | 5201 | 293 |
| 2014-01-08 14:18 | G4ILO | 28.126098 | -26 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | K9AN | EN50wc | 6175 | 293 |
| 2014-01-08 14:00 | G4ILO | 28.126101 | -28 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | ZR6LU | KG43av | 9468 | 152 |
| 2014-01-08 13:40 | G4ILO | 28.126015 | -7 | 0 | IO84hp | 0.02 | LZ1OI | KN22id | 2470 | 113 |
10m still lively
Still seeing plenty of transatlantic stations on 10m WSPR. I wonder how long it will last?
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| WSPR spots on 10m band at G4ILO |
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Two 2xK3 contacts in PSK31
Conditoins remain excellent on the 10m band. I made several contacts and even had Stateside DX stations reply to my CQs. Two of my contacts were with Elecraft K3 users – don’t often hear K3s on digital though they are the perfect rig for it.
When I’m not actively working stations I like to look at the PSK Reporter reception reports map. It’s more interesting than WSPR as the reports are of actual PSK31 signals. It’s a pity there isn’t a beacon mode because you have got to transmit or call CQ to see reports of your own signal. At least it is motivation to actually go on the air rather than just lurk!
