[Lowfer] 2200 m WSPR 2 today

[John Langridge]

Thanks for the report JD - that was a nice surprise.

Your report is only the 2nd 137 report that I've received and the most
distant.  The first was 120 miles away and -26 dB S/N WSPR.. Not very
encouraging.  I try to run 137 during the day when the station is idle more
often than not but a few evening reports through the winter have been
disappointing.  Just not enough horse power here.

I'm using a modified MF solutions transmit converter at about 10W out...
Same antenna I use on 472.  The environment is green now and soaking up
quite a bit of my LF RF...I am probably going to put an amp together this
summer or buy one of VK4YB's transverters if activity levels justify the
cost.  I'm very happy with the 630 meters model.  This approach will keep
my power down sufficiently to keep me out of HV troubles with my vacuum
relays at the antenna...

Once AB5S or someone "close enough" is ready to go on 137 I am hoping for a
CW QSO.

73!

John KB5NJD..

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 9:53 PM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> The WSPR 2 segment of 2200 m had more than just the two 5 watt
> Experimental Service licensees (WH2XXP and WH2XND) in it today. WA9CGZ was
> a new one for me, running the Amateur limit of 1 W at a distance of 786
> km. At various times, KN5NJD showed up too; he's a mere 523 km away, but
> was running only 5 milliwatts!
>
> A _very_ few samples from the 200+ spots I just uploaded to WSPRnet this
> evening. with my call and grid (KD4IDY, EM27kc) omitted in hopes of
> fitting the rest of the info on a single line:
>
> Time   Call    MHz      SNR   Drift Grid    Pwr   km     az
> 2018-03-24
> 18:40  WH2XXP  0.137507 -10   0     DM33      5   1673   71
> 18:40  WH2XND  0.137527  -7   0     DM33xt    5   1573   72
> 19:42  KB5NJD  0.137438 -19   4     EM12mp  0.005  523   18
> 20:14  WA9CGZ  0.137423 -28   0     EN61ch    1    786  236
> 23:00  WH2XXP  0.137507 -21   0     DM33      5   1673   71
> 23:00  WH2XND  0.137527 -17   0     DM33xt    5   1573   72
> 2018-03-25
> 01:28  WH2XXP  0.137507  -9   0     DM33      5   1673   71
> 01:28  WH2XND  0.137527 -14   0     DM33xt    5   1573   72
>
> The Big Two continued uninterrupted through local sunset, although you'll
> notice a decrease in the SNRr an hour or so before local sunset.
>
> John D
>
>
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