[Elecraft] FCC Proposes to Permit Amateur Access to 2200 and 630 Meters

Eric NO3M no3m at no3m.net
Wed May 6 23:05:32 EDT 2015


You should just start to hear the WSPR sigs around -14 to -12 SNR 2.5 
kHz b/w.  Sounds like a carrier with a slight "wiggling".

On 05/06/2015 07:56 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> 750 nautical miles is about 1,390 km.  Ships would occasionally report 
> hearing us on MF beyond that, 5 KW and huge antennas helps, but we had 
> a hard time hearing them beyond about 750 nm in the daylight, and it 
> depended on the ship.  I remember hearing NMO [Hawai'i] in daylight a 
> few times, very weak.
>
> I have yet to actually hear any of the WSPR stations I'm logging with 
> Joe Taylor's software, even using CW bandwidths.  I'm logging the same 
> 5 or 6 stations all night, sometimes with reported SNR's of -6 to -1. 
> I've gotten up in the middle of the night to listen, I guess I just 
> haven't gotten up at the right time, and I'm getting a little tired of 
> it. :-)
>
> I haven't done Wayne's MF/LF mods yet, that may help some.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
> - www.cqp.org
>
>



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