19 Dec 2010

160m QRP DX on WSPR

WSPR reports - 160m 5W QRP
Last night I used my 5m long vertical feeder to the 10m halo as a TX antenna on 160m WSPR, matching it with a few turns on a ferrite rod on the bedroom table and the Elecraft T1 auto-ATU. Results were very encouraging for 5W and an indifferent antenna with best DX reports from Norway and Spain. On RX the best DX was RA3LW at 2036km.

3 comments:

M0JEK said...

Shows how versatile your Homebase 10 halo is :-)

Limbo - a life said...

I would love to become a ham radio operator but do not know where to start.

Roger G3XBM said...

Dear "Limbo - a life"

You are in the USA, so the first thing to do is contact the ARRL (the American Radio Relay League) who will give you information on how to become a ham in the USA. See http://www.arrl.org/licensing-preparation-exams . All the best for 2011 and I hope you get into ham radio. It is a wonderful hobby.