2017-04-03

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).

2017-04-01

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).