Best QRP 630m WSPR session

 

39 stations spotted me including Norway and Finland.

Sunspots - Sunday February 18th

 Solar flux is 170 and the SSN 100.  A=4 and K=2.

SpectrumView app -137kHz QRSS3?

Many years ago I downloaded this free app on my Apple Touch. I see it is available for the iPhone too, so I have downloaded it. It is a spectrum analyser for audio frequencies and you can record up to about 150 seconds of audio on a spectrogram depending on the settings. 

I was thinking of trying this on QRSS3 with my 137kHz beacon locally. It would take the audio from the FT817 and produce an audio spectrogram. I am not quite sure how I shall do this yet.

 

The app is created by Oxford Wave Research Ltd. It is a most useful app and highly rated. I last used an earlier version in 2013, so I have to re-learn it and see any changes made. 

I was quite surprised to still find it, wondering if the company had long gone. The app is still free.

See the Apple app store for details.

It is not available as an Android app as far as I can tell.

Weekend treat - NOT amateur radio

At the weekends, I have a cooked breakfast as shown in the photo.

10m QRPP WSPR (Saturday)

 My 500uW (0.5mW) WSPR beacon is on again, but no spots this morning.

UPDATE 1815z:   No spots all day.

What are these? - NOT amateur radio

We saw these at Hare Park, Chippenham, near Cambridge. They are wooden, not stone, objects. They are about 3m from the tree. If they are part of the tree roots, they are odd.

630m QRP WSPR overnight

The last day and overnight was the best this season with my 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground. 24 stations spotted me including 3 spots by OH1LSQ (1733km). Earlier it was 29 spots!

Sunspots - Saturday February 17th

 Solar flux is 169 and the SSN 97. A=4 and K=0.

630m QRP WSPR (Friday)

Today, I am sticking with 10mW ERP 630m WSPR. Surprisngly, 5 English stations have spotted me in just the last hour.

UPDATE 2140z:  17 stations have spotted me.

UPDATE  2148z:  22 stations have spotted me with the furthermost a station in Germany.

500uW 10m WSPR (Friday)

 Yet again, I am trying my luck with 500uW (0.5mW) 10m WSPR. In the last week, just 2 spots!

UPDATE 1137z: I guess the moral is don't give up! I was just about to give up with 500uW when I was spotted by OH6BG (1718km). So, I shall stick with 500uW 10m WSPR for the rest of the day.

UPDATE 1602z:  No further spots.