<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm having a good
time with my QRP Labs Ultimate3S QRSS/WSPR Transmitter. The GPS
receiver works very well to give my location and frequency calibration.
I am heard on the WSPR network and posted on their map with almost
every beacon, at 10 minute intervals. I haven't seen any reports
outside Canada and USA, but that is with a nominal 200 mW on 30M with an
end fed halfwave antenna about 20 feet, north / south, and SWR of
1.3:1. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">You
can see me on the WSPRnet.org map. Select 30M filter from lower left
corner. Because of the slow speed (it takes about 110 seconds to
transmit my callsign, 4 character Maidenhead locator, and power!),
sending the 6 character Maidenhead locator is not encouraged. The four character locator put me between Halletsville and Shiner. (If it had taken me all the way to Shiner, I would have been happy!) When I re-configured for the full 6 character locator, I show up about 1 mile outside of Bellville! As the manual says, this is a limitation in the WSPR protocol, not the U3S. Does anyone know what mode the APRS system runs? Do you think the U3S could handle that?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div>I
have low pass filters for 40, 30, and 20 M, but I don't have a well
tuned antenna for 40 or 20. I guess that is the next project! </div><br>-- <div style="font-size:small;display:inline" class="gmail_default">73, de Gil WB5RFQ</div><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#222222"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">----</font></font></font></p><a href="http://www.gilbertfranke.com" target="_blank">Gilbert A Franke</a><br>(361 442 6008 - cell)<br>130 N Harris Street<br>Bellville TX 77418<p style="margin-bottom:0in">
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