Tuesday 24 July 2018

WSPR from a Diamond HF-30HX Mobile Whip


Whilst on holiday in Trawsgoed, near Aberystwyth, Wales I setup my WSPRLite using a Diamond HF-30FX 10 MHz mobile whip.  The WSPRLite was configured using the WSPRLite Explorer App using Samsung Galaxy S7, setting the callsign and locations from the phone's GPS, and was left powered from the phone and left running overnight in the car.

Whilst the phone's battery was completely discharged in the morning, the transmitter worked from 8PM until approximately 4AM, and despite the "compromise antenna", contacts into most of Europe were logged.