200 MW WSPR from Hawaii
June 2021
This week I made a quick trip to Hawaii to visit my daughter and
grand kids. I brought a tiny WSPR
transmitter and an end-fed wire and was heard in California.
The 200 mw WSPR setup fit inside a tiny box in my carry-on easily. I
powered everything with
a USB 5V battery. The first attempt on 20 meters was a failure. I
put the antenna up as a vertical
at 6:30 in the morning and received no reports from WSPRNET.ORG. It
was too early for propagation
and I was a bit discouraged. A few days later I tried again... this
time in the afternoon.
I ran the wire as a horizontal up about 20 feet and had much better
results. The little WSPRLITE
from SotaBeams was heard more than 4000 km away in California.
I heaved the wire into a tree over the swing set in the back yard,
and ran it to a little balcony on the back of
the house.
I let it run for several transmissions and was pleased to see the
results. Here's the log from WSPRNET:
2021-06-20 00:48 KH6/W1PID
14.097109 -3
1 BL11ld
0.2 KFS
3787
2021-06-20 00:44 KH6/W1PID
14.097109 -18
1 BL11ld
0.2
KQ6RS/6 4137
2021-06-20 00:44 KH6/W1PID
14.097108 -5
1 BL11ld
0.2 KFS
3787
2021-06-20 00:40 KH6/W1PID
14.097107 -8
0 BL11ld
0.2 KFS
3787
2021-06-20 00:32 KH6/W1PID
14.097110 -26
0 BL11ld
0.2
KQ6RS/6 4137
2021-06-20 00:32 KH6/W1PID
14.097108 -5
0 BL11ld
0.2 KFS
3787
2021-06-20 00:28 KH6/W1PID
14.097110 -25
0 BL11ld
0.2
KQ6RS/6 4137
2021-06-20 00:28 KH6/W1PID
14.097108 -9
0 BL11ld
0.2 KFS
3787
2021-06-20 00:28 KH6/W1PID
14.097125 -27
0 BL11ld
0.2 KK6PR
4173
I had a great time with the little WSPR station and so did my
3-year-old grandson. He helped me pull up the antenna.