For about an hour I have been on 10m WSPR TX with 500mW from the W5OLF beacon. So far, spots of me from 2 unique stations at 1022z.
UPDATE 1036z: FR1GZ (9724km) is now spotting me too.
UPDATE 1241z: 7 stations spotted so far.
As my PC was not communicating with my SignaLink USB since installing the driver for my SDR, I did a system restore. FT8 is again working. I shall try the SDR on a different PC!!
About a week ago I bought an Neoelec SDR (highly rated) from Amazon. For various reasons, I have not been able to set this up.
It seems incredibly difficult to install the driver. In my view, the instructions were useless. I have now installed the driver, but it no longer recognises the SignaLink USB, so I cannot, at present, operate FT8. I am sure the solutions are relatively easy, but I was expecting this to be dead easy.
Although I have installed the recommended SDR software I have still not got it working.
It is all not helped by having brain fog as a result of my 2013 stroke. It is like wading through treacle and I cannot think clearly.
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| Stations spotting my 500mW 10m WSPR today |
Not sure about you, but I am all mixed up over the days of the week! I thought yesterday was Tuesday.
Tonight is the first 2m activity contest organised by the RSGB. I usually stay on for less than an hour and enter the low power section with my ICOM IC-705 and big-wheel omni antenna.
See https://www.rsgbcc.org/cgi-bin/contest_rules.pl?contest=2mukac .
This is being written on my Asus Chromebook. It has been owned and used for over 3 years. It still has a good battery life, boots up in seconds and does most things I ever need.
When I first got it, I wondered if I was going to make a big mistake. Instead, it has been brilliant and I have no regrets at all.
