WSPR beacons on 474 kHz

Map display of WSPR beacons heard on 630 m, from wsprnet.org

Early this morning I switched my radio on 475.6 - 475.8 kHz in the 630 m WSPR band for the first time. I conencted my HF vertical antenna directly to the Icom IC-706 MkII radio, without any matching, filtering or tuning. Only one station showed up, IW4DXW JN64 (1147 km).

WSPR beacons on 1.8 MHz

Map display of WSPR beacons heard from wsprnet.org

Last night I left my radio on 1838.0 - 1838.2 kHz in the 160 m WSPR band. I conencted my HF vertical antenna directly to the Icom IC-706 MkII radio, without any matching or tuning. I received a number of European WSPR beacons, the most distant being G3ZJG in IO92 (2497 km) and RX3DHR in KO94KS (2187 km).