2024-01-10 Rod VE3RXN – My WSPR Experiments

Zoom-only Meeting! on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 7:30 PM ET

Rod VE3RXN whispering to a raspberry pi
Rod VE3RXN

Meeting details

Join Rod VE3RXN as he describes his QRP WSPR experiments.

How low could I go? As a new advanced ham radio operator, I built an antenna and set it up on my HF ICOM IC-7300 radio. I had great fun making my first DX QSO’s. But I questioned, “is my home-brew antenna any good?” My quest explored QRP by using WSPR (Weak Signal Propagation Reporting). This presentation explores extreme QRP, and signal power reductions, using db attenuators and WSPR mapping tools to plot and record results. My objective is to learn from the radio community and gain input and advice on how to refine my experiments for the next revision of this work. Perhaps others could challenge my findings with their own work. But keep in mind what the the diet ads said, “individual results may vary”.

Rod VE3RXN

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Last Updated on 2024-02-13 by AdminOARC

2 thoughts on “2024-01-10 Rod VE3RXN – My WSPR Experiments

  1. Great presentation Rod. I really enjoyed it. Trying to contact TAPR to see if I can order one or more, likely 40 M and 10 M. Had a hard time finding the items, but read all the files. Sent email to TAPR. Found items at $32 USD each with discount for members. Did you become a member? S&H is triple to Canada, $62 CDN for two items. May be cheaper. Are you still using yours? Any chance you would sell it? What band(s)?

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