Back on WSPR

A few of you readers noticed probabely that I don't post to much lately. Time is always a issue unfortenately. Busy life, busy job, tired in the evening. So I decided to do some more WSPR, the mode that doesn't need a operator and still is fun. Using my old laptop and the FT-817 on a switched supply it doesn't cost a fortune on the electricity as well. I have absolutely no idea in what shape the bands are but hope to get an idea now. The plan is to try a band for about 24 hours and then move to another. Started on 30m at Sunday on the multiband vertical and moved to 20m this morning on the inverted-V.

The setup: Yaesu FT-817 using 1W. HRD V5 to CAT control the FT-817 and to key the PTT via CAT. Software is JTDX 17.6.1. Why am I using this old version of JTDX? Well, it runs well on my laptop and it still has the receive input slider which is missing in newer versions of JTDX and WSJT-X, something I really don't understand. The great thing is I can access everything with another computer or phone with teamviewer. Theoretically I could switch bands remotely if I didn't use a antennatuner. And my autotuner needs 10W to tune.


I use WSPR since 2009 and so far my 1W signal is received in 87 DXCC. Last couple of years I was not that active on WSPR. You can find more info including a DXCC list on my WSPR page.