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Copyright © 2009, 2010 Stu Phillips
–
K6TUWoodside, CANovember 4
th
, 2010
First presented September 2009
Weak Signal Propagation Reporter
andSome of the things you can do with it!
Stu’s Background
Engineer, now Venture Capitalist & Business Consultant
Systems, Software & Communications
ICL, Logica, Tandem Computers, Cisco Systems
First licensed as G8HQA in UK, 1973
Lived in California since 1984
US license in 1988
–
N6TTO
Changed call in 2009
–
K6TU
Ham Interests
Weak Signal Propagation
Contesting
Ultra accurate time & frequency
Combining computers & radio (digital modes, SDR…)
Weak signal operation on HF
Bottom of the Solar Cycle
Propagation is “bad” –
but how bad?
Test the limits of what can be done
Low power (QRP -< 5W, QRPP
–
mW)
RX signal often too weak to copy by ear
Use DSP software to recover signals below noise
Spectran, Argo, Spectrum Lab
Operating modes
QRSS
–
very slow CW (3 second dit or longer)
Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR)
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