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WSPR use in Ireland

  • 06-03-2014 4:00pm
    #1
    sysconp1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭


    I have been using WSPR for a while now on all HF bands to help get an idea of propagation. I have not seen any other EI stations listed and I was wondering if there are any other hams using this mode in Ireland?
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  • #2
    brownmini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭brownmini


    sysconp1 wrote: »
    I have been using WSPR for a while now on all HF bands to help get an idea of propagation. I have not seen any other EI stations listed and I was wondering if there are any other hams using this mode in Ireland?

    I played with it for a while.
    It was interesting to see where I was heard
    but as a mode it didn't do much for me.
    You really need to have an arrangement where you
    can reduce power right down to 'sniff' level :-)


  • #3
    sysconp1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭sysconp1


    I find it quite useful to identify the open bands before I tune around.


  • #4
    martinsvi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,729 ✭✭✭martinsvi


    ok whats WSPR and how do I use it?


  • #5
    brownmini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭brownmini


    martinsvi wrote: »
    ok whats WSPR and how do I use it?
    It's a mode where you try to transmit the lowest RF level for 1-minute periods and then other stations around the world will report back who/what they hear and displayed on a world map are all the stations heard by who-heard-them.
    There's a sort-of PSK-reporter equivalent (http://pskreporter.info/)

    Try...
    http://wsprnet.org/drupal/
    and...
    http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/

    It's interesting to see where your small-rf-'tweets' end up.


  • #6
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    not a QSO mode, more of a reverse beacon net sort of thingy...


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  • #7
    sysconp1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 397 ✭✭sysconp1


    I believe that you can use it for QSO's, but being a QRP mode it is more of a challenge. I mostly use 5w to identify when the bands are opening then up the power in a different mode on the same band and try for contacts. Although there are a lot of people that are out there that experiment to see how low they can go in terms of power. I have also used it to prove new antennas such as long wires or verticals.

    It is worth Googling WSPR or taking a look on WSPRnet.org. There is a good forum on the site that gives you an idea of the distances that people are getting with 0.5w and lower. It really is taking the ham radio hobby back to where it began in terms of the power used, rather than the folks that have large amplifiers and just want to dominate the airwaves with their personal radio stations.


  • #8
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I've looked at it a couple of years ago.
    Seems more of a Propagation researching tool. PSK31 more popular for digital texting.


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