18 Aug 2014

472kHz WSPR this afternoon

After an afternoon monitoring JT9-1 on 10m this afternoon, I have returned to 472kHz WSPR.  To my surprise, at the time I switched on I find I am the only station in the world transmitting on 472kHz WSPR.  Hopefully, this will soon change. G0LRD has already spotted me though.

UPDATE 1605z: Still the only station TXing WSPR on the band but there are now 9 stations monitoring (was 7).

UPDATE 1611z:   Still just me on TX and now only 3 stations monitoring.
UPDATE 1636z:   Just spots from G0LRD so far.

UPDATE 1655z: All spots so far from G0LRD (25km) and I am still the only European TXing on 472kHz at this time.  Maybe more will appear after tea when people get back from work?

UPDATE 1730z:   M0PPP has now spotted me 3 times too. Now 3 Europeans on WSPR TX with 16 stations active (TX and monitoring).

4 comments:

David (G0LRD) said...

Hi Roger,
Apart from periods when I'm operating on HF, I'm trying to keep two of the more interesting bands on receive-only WSPR all of the time: 2m and 630m.

The current status of my WSPR stations can be seen here:

http://david-g0lrd.blogspot.co.uk/p/g0lrd-wspr-station-current-status.html

Regards
David G0LRD

David (G0LRD) said...

Addendum: I'm wondering whether 6m would be a more useful/educational choice instead of 2m for an always-on receive station? At the moment I have to go and drum-up 2m activity on the WSPR front page.
David

Roger G3XBM said...

There appear to be two frequencies in use on 2m and a LOT of people have drift issues on 2m. Personally, I think 6m is a better "always on" choice.

David (G0LRD) said...

Yes, there has been much debate about the 2m frequency. In Europe, 144.492MHz is the norm (despite what the band-plans say), while everywhere else is 3kHz lower. I think I'll stick with 2m for a few more days (been getting a few spots each day) then switch to 6m.