[Lowfer] Shropshire Lad Makes Good on 2200 m WSPR2

[Chris Wilson]

Hello everyone!

 Wednesday, January 1, 2020

      This "Shropshire Lad" (although by birth I am really a Cheshire
      lad) really must reset his U3S to reflect the nearer 1 Watt I
      was using , but nonetheless I am pleased to have some new
      decodes in the USA! All the very best to everyone here, a happy,
      healthy and prosperous New Year to all, keep those electrons fit
      and mobile in 2020 :)

       I am going to have a look at my dead level converter I made for
       my TS-590S soon so I can do some JT-9 and also I really must
       try and understand the necessities of transmitting Ebnaut, I
       did have a few hours browsing, it's a mode that REALLY does
       need a full Dummies guide to LF using this mode.

       Finally, by 2019 acquisition of a beast of a solid state audio
       amp (Thank you Paul Nicholson of Ebnaut fame...) ,means I should
       get some ground electrodes in and warm the worms up on VLF this
       year!


Best regards,
 Chris    2E0ILY       mailto:chris at chriswilson.tv


JD> The usual abundance of stations on 2200 was absent tonight--only two 
JD> were present for the first six hours of monitoring, and K3RWR's Opera.
JD> The scarcity turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Suddenly, Chris 
JD> 2E0ILY showed up in my WSPR decodes at 0500 UTC, with an SNR of -30 over
JD> a distance of 6961 km/4316 miles, reportedly using 0.5 W.

JD> In that particular time slot, 37 other reporters in Europe decoded his
JD> signal also; one was less than half the distance, while most were less
JD> than a tenth. On this side of the pond, N03M managed seven spots at 
JD> different times of the evening. Eric is about a thousand miles closer to
JD> the UK than I am, on nearly the same Great Circle path.

JD> 2E0ILY is the station that had the first 2200 m UK-US QSO with N1BUG 
JD> after the band was finally allocated here. That contact was made at 
JD> considerably slower speeds in March 2018.

JD> Happy New Year!

JD> John D
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