Antarctic WSPR beacon operational

According to Southgate News the German WSPR beacon in Antarctica is now operational, but antenna optimisation is ongoing. Call is DPØGVN. 

See http://southgatearc.org/news/2018/january/dp0gvn-wspr-beacon-in-antarctia-is-operational.htm#.WmHKrEx2vIU .

Antarctic WSPR beacon

Thanks to Southgate News comes a link about a multi-band WSPR beacon and RX in Antarctica. Although my own 500mW 10m WSPR has already been copied in Antarctica some years ago, this will be very useful.

See http://southgatearc.org/news/2018/january/wspr-beacon-on-the-way-to-the-antarctic.htm#.Wlteykx2vIU

Antarctica - on 10m WSPR again

RI1ANR (13676km) in Antarctica (JB59mm) spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon this afternoon. This is my best DX today so far.

I guess it is nearly mid-summer now down there - endless daylight down on the snow and ice. No doubt it is still very cold though.

Antarctica on 10m WSPR (500mW)

This morning, my tiny little 500mW WSPR-AXE beacon, designed by Jay (W5OLF), was copied in Antarctica by RI1ABR (13676km) in JB59mm square. This is the best DX so far with it.  Australia has, so far, eluded me. There are loads of USA stations spotting me.

See http://rt.com/news/russia-antarctic-stations-exploration-541/ .

WSPRing to Antarctica on 30m

This evening my 30m WSPR signals got to Antarctica with several reports from the German Research Station DP1POL in IB59 some 13690kms to the south of me. Best report was -18dB S/N suggesting that I would have been copied running just 500mW.