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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #150 on: April 29, 2021, 0256 UTC »
.......... my Kiwi SDR in Wrightwood, CA. http://ak7v.hopto.org:8073/

I forgot to ask for tech details on your SDR. Please share!

Jim

Sure! It’s here at my place in Wrightwood, CA at 6275’ ASL and I’ve had it working for about a year, but just put it online for the world a few weeks ago. It’s a KiwiSDR with a home brew 5v linear power supply. Antenna is a W6LVP active loop on a speaker stand in my backyard, fed with about 25 feet of RG-6.

Relatively rural area, but houses are close together so there is some domestic RFI. I don’t seem to hear much above 15MHz - not sure if that’s the antenna, recent propagation, and/or being tucked up against a mountain. At some point I will put some wire up in the trees and see how those compare. But it seems to work great for MW and pretty well for the lower HF bands.

I used to live on a few acres and had bigger wire antennas (plus a vertical I transmitted with) and used my Perseus to listen. This setup now isn’t quite as good, but for the space I have, it’s acceptable.

Thanks for your interest and enjoy the SDR!

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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #151 on: May 01, 2021, 0109 UTC »
DW's I-TMP reading hit 105 today and it didn't seem to stop it from working  ;D
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6
« Reply #152 on: May 01, 2021, 0424 UTC »
The three digit PV numbers are puzzling!

I noticed listening last night that the last whoop before telemetry is now more of a long dit than the normal whoop.  Was that just an anomaly of yesterday?

I've noticed that the higher the I-TMP number is above 80 degrees the shorter the last whoop is before CW is sent
Jim
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6
« Reply #153 on: May 03, 2021, 1400 UTC »
BAT 13.7
O TMP 68
I TMP 71
PV 602


good signal here at home
Jim
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6
« Reply #154 on: May 04, 2021, 0118 UTC »

BAT 13.1
O TMP 83
I TMP 88
PV 82

good signal here at home
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6
« Reply #155 on: May 04, 2021, 1327 UTC »
BAT 13.3
O TMP 70
I TMP 72
PV 146

fair signal here at home this morning, big signal on SDRs with gain antennas such as the KFS kiwi receivers
Jim
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #156 on: May 05, 2021, 0354 UTC »
the signal is peaking at 25 - 30 dB above the noise here at home

BAT  13.1
O TMP 85
I TMP 86
PV  0

Interesting how the O & I temps are close. They are usually 5 degrees apart. Maybe thermal lag from the I temp location? Wish I had temp numbers for the whole day......
Jim
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #157 on: May 09, 2021, 1532 UTC »
high PV number

BAT  13.7
O TMP 73
I TMP 78
PV  1719
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #158 on: May 09, 2021, 2005 UTC »
BAT  14.3
O TMP 88
I TMP 97
PV  4
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #159 on: May 18, 2021, 0424 UTC »
Great signal! It's +30 dB over the noise floor on my KX3/PX3 here at home

BAT  13.1
O TMP 79
I TMP 84
PV  0
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #160 on: May 28, 2021, 0231 UTC »
S7 signal

BAT  13.1
O TMP 93
I TMP 96
PV  19
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #161 on: May 28, 2021, 1438 UTC »

S3 signal at home and S5 on KFS. Battery seems to be charging well

BAT  14.2
O TMP 74
I TMP 78
PV  1209
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #162 on: May 29, 2021, 0250 UTC »
Good signal at home

BAT  13.1
O TMP 93
I TMP 96
PV   1
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #163 on: June 02, 2021, 0338 UTC »
at 16:40 PST today DW had an O TMP of 103 and I TMP of 109. Highest I've seen yet
Jim
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Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65
« Reply #164 on: June 02, 2021, 2210 UTC »
at 16:40 PST today DW had an O TMP of 103 and I TMP of 109. Highest I've seen yet

I TMP of 114 degrees!

O TMP is "only" 106
BAT 14.1
PV  4
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76' end fed long wire & 66' off-center fed dipole for 10/20/40 meters
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