Should have mentioned that the beacon nominal output power is 100 mW. The effective power is surely less, as the signal currently has to go through 4 adaptors (sma/bnc/pl), then an antenna tuner, to a multi-band vertical.
On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 11:30 AM, DXer <hfdxmoni...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nick, > > Unrelated, I know. I'm running a WSPR beacon 24/7 on the 20M band - unless > I'm on the air - and there were times in the last 24 hours that I thought > the beacon had died. There were no reception reports for hours sometimes. > The average reception in the last 24 hours is from 800 km. Last week I was > being heard in VK2 land, 15574 km. > > Regards, > > Vince > Ottawa, ON > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com