Pembrokeshire Radio Society GCØEJE

Power Supplies, Cameras, 80m CW and Biscuits....!!

2012-01-27T11:11:00.002Z

It was a good evening at the club tonight .....

One of the club members brought in a power supply that they are in the process of constructing.

In some of the photos you can see Evan figuring out the design features of the power supply.

Bill and I decided to set up the club radio and have a listen to a bit of CW down on 80 metres...

I was determined tonight to bring my camera and take a few photos....I remembered the camera....BUT I forgot to charge the camera battery.....!!!!!! TYPICAL !!!

Luckily Bill had his mobile phone on hand and was able to take some photos...

Thanks Bill....The photos came out really well.......

Spot the most important accessory in any radio club....??

That's right ...the BISCUIT TIN !! :0)

73 till next time

Mark

Coming Soon....GC0EJE club night change..

2012-01-17T17:08:00.000Z

Starting from Sunday the 5th February

the Pembrokeshire Radio Society

club night will soon be changing

from it's usual

Friday evening time of 8.00 pm to 10.00pm

to the New Day and time

Sunday Evenings

6.00 pm till 10.00 pm.

Starting from the 5th of February..

Hope to see you there.....

73 from all at the Pembrokeshire Radio Society

2012-01-05T16:15:00.000Z

Pembrokeshire Radio Society

Bring & Buy Sale

on Sunday the 25th of March 2012

At our club house

Furzey park community centre 'The Patch'

Haverfordwest

Doors open 10.00am

Admission is £1 and includes a free cup of tea/coffee

Tables are available

For more information telephone: Elwyn GW0GUYon 01437 760026

Eddystone 840c......... warm hands in the Wintertime...

2011-11-28T15:01:00.000Z

Finally I get to warm my hands on top of an Eddystone 840c valver....:0)

I've always wanted to try out this particular model, the idea of the valves glowing in the darkness of the shack on a cold winters evening has been an idea of mine for many moons.....!!

Last year I bought an Eddystone EC10 a lovely little transistorised short wave radio, but I have to say I was disappointed with the overall performance .

BUT....the Eddystone 840c is a completely different matter..... Once the set is switched on and the valves have time to warm up, the audio is pretty impressive.

The SWL broadcast signals gently ebb and flow off the ionosphere, and the audio is invariable warm and rich sounding.

I suppose it's what you would call BBC quality.

Some would say I was being way too nostalgic .. ;0) .... but that's why I like the valves.!!

To be reminded of the bygone radio experiences of my childhood's Shortwave hobby is not a bad thing as far as I can see.

As I write this I'm listening to an amateur QSO on the 40m band, the signals are strong, the amateur stations are drifting slightly, and I have to adjust the BFO periodically. Then adjust the RF gain, whilst adjusting the volume...A continuous process of tweaking...!! Does all the fiddling bother me?...

NO WAY....!!... it's part of the fun of valves.. :0)

Another added bonus of these lovely glowbugs is that ....

at least I don't have to wear woollen gloves in the shack this winter....!!!

73 fer now

Mark MW0MJB

Sunday's 10 metre WSPR de MW0BYS

2011-11-14T09:11:00.007Z

13th November 2011 10m

Yesterday's results on the 10 metre band:

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2011-11-13 10:40	MW0BYS	28.126166	-22	0	IO71mr	5	ZL2FT	RF70mb	18704	360
2011-11-13 10:14	MW0BYS	28.126121	-13	0	IO71mr	5	VK1HW	QF44mm	17276	59
2011-11-13 10:10	VK1HW	28.126073	-3	0	QF44mm	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17276	319
2011-11-13 10:40	MW0BYS	28.126087	-24	0	IO71mr	5	VK2HLG	QF56of	17251	53
2011-11-13 09:56	MW0BYS	28.126074	-20	0	IO71mr	5	VK3XPT	QF22nd	17225	68
2011-11-13 10:32	MW0BYS	28.126080	-19	0	IO71mr	5	VK2WD	QF56	17215	53
2011-11-13 10:36	VK2WD	28.126112	-19	0	QF56	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17215	324
2011-11-13 12:34	VK6ZMS	28.126041	-20	0	OF77xv	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	14831	313
2011-11-13 12:38	MW0BYS	28.126085	-18	-1	IO71mr	5	VK6ZMS	OF77xv	14831	89
2011-11-13 09:58	VK8AW	28.126110	-4	1	PH58hf	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	14054	327
2011-11-13 09:56	MW0BYS	28.126085	-12	0	IO71mr	5	VK8AW	PH58hf	14054	58
2011-11-13 13:32	MW0BYS	28.126096	-12	-1	IO71mr	5	FR5DN	LG78qs	9998	126
2011-11-13 16:38	PU2MWD	28.126142	-12	0	GG56tv	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	9333	25
2011-11-13 15:52	MW0BYS	28.126089	-9	-2	IO71mr	5	PU2MWD	GG56tv	9333	219
2011-11-13 10:50	MW0BYS	28.126079	-15	0	IO71mr	5	PU2BFG	GH64ci	8557	222
2011-11-13 14:46	MW0BYS	28.126090	-17	1	IO71mr	5	KC6KGE	DM05gd	8451	310
2011-11-13 14:36	KC6KGE	28.126173	-15	-1	DM05gd	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8451	36
2011-11-13 14:46	MW0BYS	28.126063	-8	0	IO71mr	5	KO6SY	DM14ka	8427	308
2011-11-13 17:16	WB6MLC	28.126085	-24	0	CM87us	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8358	35
2011-11-13 16:22	MW0BYS	28.126025	-21	0	IO71mr	5	K6HX	CM87ux	8339	314
2011-11-13 15:00	AA6I	28.126069	-12	0	DM06fm	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8331	36
2011-11-13 16:22	MW0BYS	14.097082	-24	0	IO71mr	5	K6PZB	CM88nk	8326	314
2011-11-13 16:08	N6GN	28.126118	-15	0	CM88ok	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8322	35
2011-11-13 17:00	W6MSU	28.126141	-14	0	CM98hb	0.5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8285	35
2011-11-13 16:00	MW0BYS	28.126104	-14	-1	IO71mr	5	WA7HL	DM51ck	8238	301
2011-11-13 14:54	MW0BYS	28.126112	-24	0	IO71mr	5	AC7SM	DM26ie	8134	308
2011-11-13 14:40	AC7SM	28.126030	-17	1	DM26ie	0.5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	8134	37
2011-11-13 15:46	W7BDB	28.126128	-6	0	CN84mx	1	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7735	36
2011-11-13 16:16	N7GLS	28.126107	-9	1	CN85qo	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7663	36
2011-11-13 15:16	MW0BYS	28.126088	-20	0	IO71mr	5	N7GLS	CN85qo	7663	318
2011-11-13 15:02	W7QL	28.126134	-8	-1	DN40bo	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7565	40
2011-11-13 15:24	MW0BYS	28.126069	-17	-1	IO71mr	5	W7QL	DN40bo	7565	308
2011-11-13 16:42	MW0BYS	28.126085	-26	0	IO71mr	5	N7VVX	DN40bw	7536	309
2011-11-13 16:14	AD7UI	28.126106	-12	-1	DN32tv	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7396	40
2011-11-13 15:52	MW0BYS	28.126080	-13	1	IO71mr	5	AD7UI	DN32tv	7396	310
2011-11-13 14:34	MW0BYS	28.126099	-2	0	IO71mr	5	W5CGC	EM13ka	7329	293
2011-11-13 13:10	W5CGC	28.126148	-9	1	EM13ka	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7329	43
2011-11-13 13:54	YV4GJN	28.126018	-17	-1	FK50xf	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7279	37
2011-11-13 13:52	MW0BYS	28.126093	-19	0	IO71mr	5	YV4GJN	FK50xf	7279	255
2011-11-13 15:16	MW0BYS	28.126142	-15	0	IO71mr	5	KD0PLN	DM79nr	7248	303
2011-11-13 16:02	W7CNK	28.126177	-3	-1	EM15fi	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7165	43
2011-11-13 16:30	MW0BYS	28.126082	-17	0	IO71mr	5	W7CNK	EM15fi	7165	295
2011-11-13 15:16	MW0BYS	28.126088	-8	0	IO71mr	5	WA5ETV	EM15	7124	295
2011-11-13 15:16	MW0BYS	28.126139	-17	0	IO71mr	5	K5MQ	EM31wq	7116	289
2011-11-13 15:12	K5MQ	28.126071	-12	1	EM31wq	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7116	43
2011-11-13 10:20	5Z4/VK1UN	28.126074	-22	0	KI88js	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7068	333
2011-11-13 14:34	MW0BYS	28.126128	-19	0	IO71mr	5	KE5QEO	EM26wc	6891	294
2011-11-13 11:56	MW0BYS	28.126066	-11	-1	IO71mr	5	W1MNK	EL87uv	6764	279
2011-11-13 17:08	KE0QM	28.126099	-9	0	EM28	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	6761	45
2011-11-13 16:42	MW0BYS	28.126093	-6	0	IO71mr	5	KE0QM	EM28	6761	296

73 fer now

Bill.... MW0BYS

e QSL's on the 10 metre band.....de MW0BYS

2011-11-10T23:42:00.002Z

Just some of the 10m eQSL's from last months log.

The 10m antenna that I use at my QTH is the Sirio Tornado 5/8th vertical.

If you ever get a chance of using or owning this great antenna .......grab it!!.....You won't be disappointed...

So good to see the 10m band active once again...

73 fer now

Bill...MW0BYS

This mornings WSPR on 10 metres de MW0BYS

2011-11-04T08:26:00.000Z

10m report de MW0BYS 4th November 2011

By just using 5 watts to a Sirio 5/8th wave vertical, I was able to get the following in this mornings log book:

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2011-11-04 07:46	ZL1JA	28.126019	-26	0	RE66ir	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	19059	350
2011-11-04 07:50	MW0BYS	28.126106	-20	0	IO71mr	5	ZL1JA	RE66ir	19059	11
2011-11-04 07:40	MW0BYS	28.126106	-21	0	IO71mr	5	VK2FLR	QF56od	17259	53
2011-11-04 07:36	VK2FLR	28.126093	-12	0	QF56od	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17259	323
2011-11-04 08:06	VK3XPT	28.126145	-24	0	QF22nd	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17225	313
2011-11-04 08:00	MW0BYS	28.126071	-27	0	IO71mr	5	VK3XPT	QF22nd	17225	68
2011-11-04 07:54	VK2WD	28.126110	-11	0	QF56	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17215	324
2011-11-04 08:00	MW0BYS	28.126088	-21	0	IO71mr	5	VK2WD	QF56	17215	53
2011-11-04 08:12	VK1UN	28.126127	-28	0	QF22lf	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	17208	313
2011-11-04 07:40	MW0BYS	28.126088	-18	0	IO71mr	5	VK2FIL	QF46jk	17097	56
2011-11-04 08:10	MW0BYS	28.126095	-21	0	IO71mr	5	VK4ZBV/1	QG62ml	16757	43
2011-11-04 08:10	MW0BYS	28.126079	-26	0	IO71mr	5	VK5LA	QF05gq	16656	68
2011-11-04 08:28	MW0BYS	28.126094	-26	-2	IO71mr	5	VK5WR	PF95hi	16558	71
2011-11-04 08:10	MW0BYS	28.126084	-22	0	IO71mr	5	VK4ABW	PH58hf	14054	58
2011-11-04 07:40	MW0BYS	28.126096	-19	1	IO71mr	5	FR1GZ	LG79rc	9972	126
2011-11-04 07:52	FR1GZ	28.126081	-26	0	LG79rc	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	9972	327
2011-11-04 07:18	MW0BYS	28.126079	-12	0	IO71mr	5	A45SWL	LL93	6201	95
2011-11-04 07:36	RA9CUA	28.126173	-26	0	MO07qc	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	4160	291
2011-11-04 07:40	MW0BYS	28.126088	-23	0	IO71mr	5	RA9CUA	MO07qc	4160	55
2011-11-04 08:10	MW0BYS	28.126100	-3	0	IO71mr	5	R9SA	LO71ns	4015	66
2011-11-04 08:26	4Z4TJ	28.126079	-11	-2	KM71jf	0.2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	3946	317
2011-11-04 08:18	MW0BYS	28.126093	-2	1	IO71mr	5	4Z4TJ	KM71jf	3946	110
2011-11-04 07:22	UA4WPF	28.126104	-6	0	LO66pu	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	3706	287
2011-11-04 07:18	MW0BYS	28.126104	-21	0	IO71mr	5	UA360102	LO01fl	3085	72
2011-11-04 08:00	MW0BYS	28.126052	-28	1	IO71mr	5	OH5MD	KP20ng	2073	51
2011-11-04 07:46	OH5MD	28.126099	-26	1	KP20ng	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	2073	256
2011-11-04 08:00	MW0BYS	28.126093	-23	0	IO71mr	5	LB9YE	JP54pu	1730	26
2011-11-04 07:18	MW0BYS	28.126127	-26	0	IO71mr	5	I1-12387	JN44ln	1301	122
2011-11-04 07:40	MW0BYS	28.126091	-20	0	IO71mr	5	OY1OF	IP62oa	1150	355
2011-11-04 08:32	HB9JBP	28.126097	-27	-1	JN47hj	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	1089	301

73 fer now
Bill MW0BYS

Birds in Space....de MW0MJB

2011-11-02T21:12:00.002Z

I've long found the ham satellite part of our hobby fascinating, but never really looked into it properly, ....that was until last November.

This time last year I decided to make the effort and work some of those "birds".

I already had an FT736r but no real satellite antenna system.

I did have a 5 element Jaybeam dismantled in the attic, and the best part of a 70cm beam, kindly given to me by local fellow ham Tom MW0CXW.

The 70cm antenna was also a Jaybeam, I think it started life as a 12 element, but I was only able to salvage 9 elements.

Still I was hopeful of the results it would give.

I had a cheap old laptop which was good enough to run the excellent satellite software Orbitron...this software is perfect for tracking the ham sats..it never let me down once...

After buying a small rotator from another local ham I was ready to connect everything together.

First contact was via AO51, an FM contact to ES5QA ....the satellite was only about 5 degrees above the horizon, but we were able to easily obtain 59 signals both ways.
As AO51 has it's downlink on 70cm, at least I knew that my salvaged 9 element beam wasn't deaf.....

I have to admit I was putting 15 watts into the 2m beam for this contact, but it didn't take me long to realise that half that amount was more than enough to work the FM sats.

In total between the 6th of November 2010 and the 21st of February 2011 I worked 24 stations through AO51 . Sometimes I could hear what sounded like East European taxi's coming through the satellite, I thought it best not to try contacting them ...HI..!!

Out of the FM ham satellites available my favourite has to be AO27, that bird has some wonderful ears and my meagre signal (10 watts) was easily heard over the pond into Vermont and Rhode Island.

I made a contact with N1RCN Fletch into Rhode Island. Fletch commented on the QSL that my signals sounded as if they were next door!.. not bad I thought for 10 watts to a 5 element 2m Jaybeam and a distance of 3101.92 miles.

The contacts on A027 to the East coast of America were very close the edge of my satellite footprint.
A027 was only some 3 or 4 degrees above the horizon when I had that contact with Fletch N1RCN.

I remember reading the following on one of the AMSAT pages:
Love Those Oceans!

If you're fortunate enough to be operating from a place within, say, a few hundred miles of the coastline, you'll probably find it easier to get into AO-27 and SO-50 with low power when the satellites are out over the ocean than when they're overhead or passing over central North America or Europe. That's because there will be fewer stations within the footprint to compete with you, and most of your competitors will be farther from the satellite than you are so the inverse-square law of signal strengths will work to your advantage.

Where I'm situated in West Wales the coastline is only about 3 miles away, which helped dramatically in working into the USA on the birds. If I timed it right the footprint of AO27 would have my QTH at one end, and the East coast of America at the other.

Often at my edge of the pass the footprint would only just touch West Wales and the tip of Southern Ireland...

AO7

The best distance pass I had to the states was on the old bird AO7.

This wonderful old timer, as most of us know has been circling our planet for nearly 37 years. The anniversary of it's launch will be on the 15th of this month.

And still A07 is able to do it's magic, albeit with reduced capabilities...

Even though it struggles I was able to have a CW contact with Kerry WC7V all the way over in Livingston Montana, Loc: DN45RP a distance of 4,389.10 miles

In total between the 6th of November 2010 and the 21st of February 2011 I worked 15 stations on AO7, all of them on CW, for some reason; or maybe it was the FT736r ( me probably..HI) I wasn't successful on SSB through AO7, I found it much easier to just use the key. Which I preferred anyway....

VO52 was sometimes difficult to work on SSB, again the CW contacts were much easier..

It was fun to work VO52, but for me AO7 still holds the edge.

HO68 was a bit disappointing, I expected more contacts on this sat, maybe it didn't like my antenna configuration, both my antennas were on the horizontal, maybe it was my operating practice, but HO68 was very much hit or miss from my QTH..

SO50 and SO67 definitely didn't like my antenna set up. I managed to work through them a couple of times but I knew the problem was down to my polarization.

I would've had much better luck I guess using an arrow antenna or similar.

FO29 I found really frustrating.... Due to the Doppler Shift on the SSB 70cm downlink I could never get my receive right, or transmit for that matter..HI !!

Here's the entire list of ham sat contacts for my test between the 6th of November 2010 and the 21st of February 2011:

AO7 15

AO51 24

HO68 7

AO27 8

VO52 10

SO50 2

SO67 1

FO29 1

It would have been nice to have had a few more contacts on AO27 but the satellite often timed out, either half way through a QSO or just as the pass was heading my way...

Never mind... it was all fun anyway.... :0)

I always wanted to try out the ham sats, but I never realised just how addictive they can be.

Your sitting in the shack listening on 2metres or 70cm and there's no sign of anybody local on the band , and no Tropo... what do you do?

Simply turn on the computer, run the ham sat prediction software, and guaranteed within 10 minutes one of those ham sat birds will be heading your way...

Some say it's just repeaters in space..and they're right. But for me every time I hear that faint crackle of voice or Morse coming over the distant horizon, via those said repeaters it brings a smile to my face.

Long may there be repeaters in space!!! :0)

I don't have a ham satellite set up at present, other things and work are getting in the way....

But guaranteed the call of the ham sats will be grabbing me one day soon....

In the not so distant future I hope...

73 fer now

Mark MW0MJB

10 metre WSPR de MW0VVO 15th October 2011

2011-10-15T15:49:00.000+01:00

My WSPR log was full today on 10 metres.

Conditions as we all know have been ideal lately for many modes on 10 metres.

The WSPR mode especially has been giving excellent results.

15th October 10 metre WSPR de MW0VVO

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2011-10-15 07:58	MW0VVO	28.126139	-17	0	IO71mt	2	VK7AB	QE37ne	17704	75
2011-10-15 07:02	MW0VVO	28.126086	-24	0	IO71mt	2	VK3XPT	QF22nd	17222	68
2011-10-15 07:38	MW0VVO	28.126093	-21	0	IO71mt	2	VK2FIL	QF46jk	17092	56
2011-10-15 09:38	MW0VVO	28.126074	-23	0	IO71mt	2	VK5LA	QF05gq	16652	68
2011-10-15 09:18	VK5AKK	28.126039	-26	2	PF94ix	10	MW0VVO	IO71mt	16590	314
2011-10-15 07:20	MW0VVO	28.126119	-26	-1	IO71mt	2	VK5ZRL	PF95gc	16569	71
2011-10-15 07:20	MW0VVO	28.126082	-21	0	IO71mt	2	VK5PO	PF95hj	16552	71
2011-10-15 07:14	VK5PO	28.126115	-23	0	PF95hj	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	16552	315
2011-10-15 08:20	MW0VVO	28.126132	-15	0	IO71mt	2	VK6ADF	OF76tp	14902	90
2011-10-15 07:58	MW0VVO	28.126082	-7	0	IO71mt	2	VK6ZMS	OF77xv	14831	89
2011-10-15 08:04	VK6ZMS	28.126137	-19	0	OF77xv	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	14831	313
2011-10-15 07:38	MW0VVO	28.126078	-27	0	IO71mt	2	VK6ZRY	OF78wd	14806	89
2011-10-15 07:46	VK4ABW	28.126123	-25	0	PH58hf	10	MW0VVO	IO71mt	14049	328
2011-10-15 07:02	MW0VVO	28.126085	-22	-1	IO71mt	2	VK4ABW	PH58hf	14049	58
2011-10-15 11:42	MW0VVO	28.126134	-11	0	IO71mt	2	LU8ENU	GF05rl	10922	222
2011-10-15 08:20	MW0VVO	28.126130	-19	0	IO71mt	2	JA1RCN	QM06ca	9677	28
2011-10-15 13:06	MW0VVO	28.126086	-3	1	IO71mt	2	PU2MWD	GG56tv	9340	219
2011-10-15 12:58	PU2MWD	28.126161	-12	-3	GG56tv	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	9340	25
2011-10-15 13:56	ZS6BIM	28.126044	-1	0	KG44df	10	MW0VVO	IO71mt	9216	340
2011-10-15 14:46	MW0VVO	28.126097	-16	0	IO71mt	2	ZS6BIM	KG44df	9216	150
2011-10-15 14:28	MW0VVO	28.126078	-10	0	IO71mt	2	PU2BFG	GH64ci	8564	222
2011-10-15 07:48	V53ARC	28.126159	-23	0	JG87	1	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8537	346
2011-10-15 16:02	K1CT	28.126164	-23	1	DM12jt	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8534	36
2011-10-15 16:08	MW0VVO	28.126094	-17	0	IO71mt	2	K1CT	DM12jt	8534	307
2011-10-15 15:48	MW0VVO	28.126112	-21	1	IO71mt	2	WD9DUI	DM03ut	8503	308
2011-10-15 15:30	WD9DUI	28.126103	-22	-1	DM03ut	20	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8503	36
2011-10-15 17:06	K6MSM	28.126119	-21	0	DM13eo	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8486	36
2011-10-15 17:08	MW0VVO	28.126081	-12	0	IO71mt	2	K6MSM	DM13eo	8486	308
2011-10-15 15:28	MW0VVO	28.126119	-19	0	IO71mt	2	KC6KGE	DM05gd	8445	310
2011-10-15 14:58	KC6KGE	28.126141	-23	0	DM05gd	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8445	35
2011-10-15 16:08	MW0VVO	28.126055	-19	0	IO71mt	2	KO6SY	DM14ka	8421	308
2011-10-15 16:02	KO6SY	28.126108	-26	0	DM14ka	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8421	36
2011-10-15 18:50	MW0VVO	28.126079	-26	0	IO71mt	2	N6GN	CM88ok	8315	314
2011-10-15 17:20	N6GN	28.126121	-26	0	CM88ok	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8315	35
2011-10-15 17:08	MW0VVO	28.126093	-11	0	IO71mt	2	N7KJW	DM43au	8148	304
2011-10-15 17:16	N7KJW	28.126166	-17	1	DM43au	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8148	38
2011-10-15 17:28	MW0VVO	28.126104	-30	-1	IO71mt	2	N7GLS	CN85qo	7656	318
2011-10-15 18:22	N7NEI	28.126050	-21	0	CN87tt	0.5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7447	37
2011-10-15 17:46	MW0VVO	28.126080	-6	0	IO71mt	2	KF7O	DN06tb	7417	316
2011-10-15 17:58	KF7O	28.126151	-15	0	DN06tb	2	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7417	38
2011-10-15 17:54	W0IRS	28.126085	-7	0	DM78	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7356	42
2011-10-15 14:38	KE7A	28.126168	-22	1	EM12kx	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7328	43
2011-10-15 16:26	N7YET	28.126033	-20	-1	DN35qe	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7208	41
2011-10-15 15:28	MW0VVO	28.126110	-14	0	IO71mt	2	N7YET	DN35	7205	313
2011-10-15 18:04	WA5ETV	28.126121	-24	0	EM15jm	1	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7127	43
2011-10-15 18:08	MW0VVO	28.126077	-4	0	IO71mt	2	WA5ETV	EM15	7120	295
2011-10-15 12:04	MW0VVO	28.126097	-27	0	IO71mt	2	5Z4/VK1UN	KI88js	7075	132
2011-10-15 07:48	5Z4/VK1UN	28.126093	-24	0	KI88js	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7075	333
2011-10-15 12:14	KC4RSN	28.126074	-19	0	EM72hp	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6593	45
2011-10-15 12:22	MW0VVO	28.126129	-21	0	IO71mt	2	KC4RSN	EM72hp	6593	285
2011-10-15 17:28	MW0VVO	28.126098	-24	1	IO71mt	2	WB8ELK	EM64oj	6550	287
2011-10-15 14:06	MW0VVO	28.126096	-14	0	IO71mt	2	W3PM	EM64or	6524	288
2011-10-15 14:22	W3PM	28.126124	-20	0	EM64or	1	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6524	46
2011-10-15 18:28	MW0VVO	28.126091	-18	0	IO71mt	2	KU4XR	EM75xr	6267	287
2011-10-15 12:24	WC9C	28.126054	-17	1	EM69hh	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6212	48
2011-10-15 15:28	MW0VVO	28.126032	-18	0	IO71mt	2	W4DJW	EM84ux	6208	285
2011-10-15 13:44	W4DJW	28.126097	-12	-3	EM84ux	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6208	47
2011-10-15 07:02	MW0VVO	28.126128	+1	0	IO71mt	2	A45SWL	LL93	6202	95
2011-10-15 14:46	MW0VVO	28.126080	+1	0	IO71mt	2	K9AN	EN50wc	6201	293
2011-10-15 14:54	K9AN	28.126190	-22	0	EN50wc	0.5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6201	48
2011-10-15 18:28	MW0VVO	28.126066	-19	0	IO71mt	2	VE4BX	DO90qe	6185	309
2011-10-15 12:32	K3SIW	28.126128	-2	1	EN52ta	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6075	49
2011-10-15 12:04	MW0VVO	28.126093	-24	0	IO71mt	2	K3SIW	EN52ta	6075	295
2011-10-15 12:36	KB9AMG	28.126183	-26	0	EN52tx	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6005	49
2011-10-15 12:44	MW0VVO	28.126088	+1	0	IO71mt	2	KB9AMG	EN52tx	6005	296
2011-10-15 19:30	MW0VVO	28.126078	-25	0	IO71mt	2	W9WLX	EN52xx	5985	296

VE4BX

LU8ENU

Happy WSPRing

73
de
Stu MW0VVO

A couple of hours WSPRing on Ten.......de MW0BYS

2011-10-11T15:14:00.004+01:00

10m WSPR 11th October 2011

This morning I decided to run WSPR for a couple of hours on the 10 metre band.

By just using 5 watts to a Sirio 5/8th wave vertical, I was able to get the following in the log book:

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2011-10-11 10:04	PA0O	28.126033	-21	0	JO33hg	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	802	262
2011-10-11 09:48	MW0BYS	28.126033	+5	0	IO71mr	5	IT9-4639	JM76iw	2256	129
2011-10-11 09:48	MW0BYS	28.126081	-15	-2	IO71mr	5	4X/NH7L	KM72ov	3840	107
2011-10-11 09:38	FR1GZ	28.126112	-18	-4	LG79rc	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	9972	327
2011-10-11 09:34	EA6GF	28.126183	-25	1	JM19gm	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	1476	339
2011-10-11 09:28	MW0BYS	28.126072	-26	-1	IO71mr	5	IW2DZX	JN45kp	1217	118
2011-10-11 09:28	MW0BYS	28.126099	-21	0	IO71mr	5	G4AKU	JO02kc	402	82
2011-10-11 09:28	MW0BYS	28.126096	-23	0	IO71mr	5	VK4FNQ	QG39ex	15701	46
2011-10-11 09:26	VK5AKK	28.126041	-24	3	PF94ix	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	16593	314
2011-10-11 09:22	DL2LAU	28.126118	-26	0	JO44qr	2	MW0BYS	IO71mr	1009	257
2011-10-11 09:20	HB9JBP	28.126096	-26	-1	JN47hj	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	1089	301
2011-10-11 09:18	MW0BYS	28.126091	-15	0	IO71mr	5	PA0O	JO33hg	802	73
2011-10-11 09:18	MW0BYS	28.126080	-26	0	IO71mr	5	DL2LAU	JO44qr	1009	65
2011-10-11 09:18	MW0BYS	28.126080	-21	0	IO71mr	5	SM7ZDD	JO65nj	1258	64
2011-10-11 09:08	MW0BYS	28.126173	-21	1	IO71mr	5	VU2LID	MJ88lm	8709	91
2011-10-11 09:08	MW0BYS	28.126090	-25	0	IO71mr	5	VK6DZ	OF84ux	15168	91
2011-10-11 09:08	MW0BYS	28.126169	-26	-1	IO71mr	5	G3VIR	JO01qf	442	95
2011-10-11 09:08	MW0BYS	28.126062	-26	0	IO71mr	5	DG8RAU	JN68kp	1311	98
2011-10-11 09:06	G3VIR	28.126030	-25	0	JO01qf	1	MW0BYS	IO71mr	442	280
2011-10-11 08:56	MW0BYS	28.126086	-20	1	IO71mr	5	CT1FJC	IM57oc	1654	192
2011-10-11 08:56	MW0BYS	28.126095	-27	0	IO71mr	5	G3THQ	IO91un	322	91
2011-10-11 08:52	DD8LXZ	28.126128	-29	-3	MF43	0.05	MW0BYS	IO71mr	12146	321
2011-10-11 08:50	5Z4/VK1UN	28.126087	-21	0	KI88js	20	MW0BYS	IO71mr	7068	333
2011-10-11 08:50	VK4TVL	28.126060	-29	0	QH30ip	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	15652	332
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126088	-27	0	IO71mr	5	DF4PV	JN49ax	932	97
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126092	-24	0	IO71mr	5	PE1MPX	JO32gc	789	82
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126094	-17	0	IO71mr	5	VK2XN/2	QF59ar	16869	50
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126090	-25	0	IO71mr	5	DK6UG	JN49cm	959	100
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126072	-6	0	IO71mr	5	A45SWL	LL93	6201	95
2011-10-11 08:48	MW0BYS	28.126093	-27	1	IO71mr	5	M0NQN	IO81wv	196	83
2011-10-11 08:42	PE1MPX	28.126078	-24	2	JO32gc	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	789	272
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126020	-26	1	IO71mr	5	EA6GF	JM19gm	1476	154
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126090	-19	0	IO71mr	5	G4ENZ	IO81vv	190	83
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126067	-22	1	IO71mr	5	G4SGX	JO02pu	443	71
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126157	-22	-4	IO71mr	5	MW0GRJ	IO83kf	208	36
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126074	-20	1	IO71mr	5	G4ZFQ	IO90ir	278	112
2011-10-11 08:40	MW0BYS	28.126102	-21	1	IO71mr	5	G3JKV	IO91uf	328	98
2011-10-11 08:38	G3JKV	28.126108	-21	0	IO91uf	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	328	282
2011-10-11 08:36	F1FZH	28.126099	-22	-1	JN18cx	5	MW0BYS	IO71mr	593	304
2011-10-11 08:34	DF4PV	28.126112	-14	0	JN49ax	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	932	287
2011-10-11 08:32	VK4ABW	28.126115	-10	0	PH58hf	10	MW0BYS	IO71mr	14054	327
2011-10-11 08:28	MW0BYS	28.126087	-23	0	IO71mr	5	DC3RJ	JN59	1148	96
2011-10-11 08:28	MW0BYS	28.126095	+4	0	IO71mr	5	UR/SWL56	KN56jk	2641	89
2011-10-11 08:28	MW0BYS	28.126085	-14	0	IO71mr	5	VK4ABW	PH58hf	14054	58

VK4FNQ

PE1MPX

Best distance was to VK2XN/2, a total of 10,494.29 miles.

With my 5 watts that works out to 2098.86 miles per watt.

73 fer now

Bill MW0BYS

Newgale ...maybe ...one day !!. :0)

2011-10-10T12:15:00.002+01:00

Down to Newgale I think........ HI

de MW0MJB

Yesterday....10 metre WSPR log.... de MW0VVO

2011-10-08T22:46:00.001+01:00

Just a few contacts from yesterday's 10 metre WSPR Log.

The furthest station in the list below that detected my 2 watts was K7UEB.

Using my 2 watts of power this works out at 2307.30 miles per watt...

The total distance from my QTH to K7UEB was 4614.59 miles.....

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2011-10-07 19:48	MW0VVO	28.126080	-27	0	IO71mt	2	WB7EUX	DN15ji	7423	315
2011-10-07 19:04	MW0VVO	28.126071	-18	0	IO71mt	2	AI4RY	EM72go	6602	285
2011-10-07 19:00	OX3XR	28.126100	-16	0	GP44de	2	MW0VVO	IO71mt	2988	95
2011-10-07 18:44	MW0VVO	28.126113	-15	2	IO71mt	2	M0POQ	IO91ij	257	99
2011-10-07 18:44	MW0VVO	28.126065	-27	0	IO71mt	2	W5KCM	EM12ju	7344	293
2011-10-07 18:34	M0POQ	28.126102	-26	-1	IO91ij	2	MW0VVO	IO71mt	257	282
2011-10-07 18:24	MW0VVO	28.126082	-27	0	IO71mt	2	K7UEB	DN06tb	7417	316
2011-10-07 18:08	K7UEB	28.126093	-24	0	DN06tb	10	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7417	38
2011-10-07 18:04	W7CNK	28.126183	-26	1	EM15fi	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7161	43
2011-10-07 18:02	MW0VVO	28.126118	-19	0	IO71mt	2	DK9MS	JO40tm	1025	92
2011-10-07 18:02	MW0VVO	28.126099	-26	1	IO71mt	2	KD2MX	FN21	5258	287
2011-10-07 17:34	K5XL	28.126140	-26	0	EM12kp	1	MW0VVO	IO71mt	7356	42
2011-10-07 17:26	N0UR	28.126089	-8	0	EN33iu	1	MW0VVO	IO71mt	6240	48
2011-10-07 17:24	MW0VVO	28.126087	+3	0	IO71mt	2	N0UR	EN33	6253	299
2011-10-07 17:24	MW0VVO	28.126116	-22	0	IO71mt	2	LX2GT	JN39gs	839	101
2011-10-07 17:18	KC6KGE	28.126101	-25	0	DM05gd	5	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8445	35
2011-10-07 17:06	K6LG	28.126015	-12	0	DM13gw	20	MW0VVO	IO71mt	8447	36
2011-10-07 17:04	MW0VVO	28.126090	-21	1	IO71mt	2	AA6I	DM06fm	8325	311
2011-10-07 17:04	MW0VVO	28.126079	-3	0	IO71mt	2	N4AU	EM62vp	6648	286
2011-10-07 17:04	MW0VVO	28.126088	-15	1	IO71mt	2	KJ4WLN	EM75jd	6388	287

The most picturesque photo yesterday has to go to OX3XR......

What a beautiful part of the world...

Also in my WSPR log were several stations from the Southern hemisphere:

The most distant being VK1HW, who was able to detect my 2 Watts.

This turns out to be 5372.30 watts per Watt, or 10,744.60 miles in total.....

Happy WSPRing

de MW0VVO Stu