[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night

[Douglas Williams]

Or not. CQ Peru!

I love this stuff.

D.

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 5:47 PM J D <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> It's possible, but it also could be that QRZ and Hamcall may not have as
> prompt access to Peru's ham license database.
>
> While a false decode will show only a four-character grid, so will some
> legitimate decodes.  WSPR only transmits four by default. Thus, WSPRnet
> will only report four unless or until one of two things happens: the
> station sends a two-part transmission that includes the six-character
> grid and the spot gets uploaded by someone, or else the operator has
> previously uploaded spots himself with his six-character grid
> "attached." The database then associates it with that call sign henceforth.
>
> To demonstrate, I uploaded a single test spot a few minutes ago of a
> simulated 22 meter transmission. I have never transmitted WSPR
> previously whatsoever, let alone with the six characters, and
> ALL_WSPR.TXT contained only the 4-character grid. But I have reported
> reception under that call many times with the full grid, so WSPRnet
> reports:
>
> 2020-11-26 22:22 AE0CQ 13.555400 -10 0 EM27kc 0.005 KD4IDY EM27kd        5
> 0  2
>
> (where "kc" denotes the field QTH where all my previous reports have
> been from, while "kd" is my town QTH for purposes of distinguishing the
> simulated receive site)
>
> John
>