Most hams are probably familiar with the space weather propagation widgets (see below) and may consult them when getting on the air. Many hams embed them on their QRZ or other webpages. These tools are useful in a general sense to see which bands might be open and whether solar emissions are adversely affecting propagation….
For most of my FT8 / FT4 operations, I use wsjt-x. One of the main reasons for that is its use of configuration files to manage multiple radios. At the home station, I mainly use an IC-7300, but can also use a couple of different QRP radios. When portable, I use an IC-7100 or one…
This month we take a look at some tips for correctly logging QSOs made during portable operations I had done about 15 POTA activations from 6 different parks before learning about creating station locations. Using station locations provides more accurate QSO data to LoTW. In talking about this with fellow hams, I found that it…
Last newsletter, I wrote about getting the DX bug with the uptick in Cycle 25 solar activity and DXpeditions to Bouvet and Crozet Islands. These are the second and third most wanted DXCC entities in the world. These DX-peditions have had drastically different outcomes as I will describe below. First, the bad news – Bouvet…
WSPR – Weak Signal Propagation Reporter Jim Edmondson, N5JGE WSPR stands for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. It is one of the modes available in the popular WSJT-X software used by many hams for FT8 digital communication. If you have setup your radio and computer to run FT8, you are ready to try WSPR. WSPR was…