In a previous post, I mentioned I had purchased a Zachtek WSPR desktop transmitter. I found a great site one can use to go over the data collected regarding your WSPR transmissions. The site is called Grafana GUI and can be accessed at the WSPR live site. The Grafana dashboard gives you information on solar weather from 5 minutes to 1 year. Station-specific information such as antenna radiation pattern, spot data per band and time, map of where your signal is heard and finally it can be used for receiving and transmitting signals. I use the TX data as I do not yet have a stand-alone WSPR receiver. There is a ton of information you can gather, my advice is to visit the site and look around. I ran my WSPR transmitter for almost 24 hours and below I have included the Kp index for that time period as well as the antenna radiation pattern of my Hustler 4BTV.
Click on all pictures to enlarge.
.PNG)
 | |
4 comments:
Looks very interesting. Will again dive into the information. 73, Bas
Good morning Bas, yes I will also be posting more results I had from running the Grafana GUI.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Thanks for posting this about your WSPR experience. Harry of ZachTek builds good little transmitters for this application. I have one of his very early ones with the LPF add on board. I also have a "Flea" transmitter that is fun to play around in QRP CW with. I will follow your website with interest. KM7DG
Good morning Don and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Yes the ZachTek units are very nice and I am very happy with mine. I wanted to also see how my antenna did during a major solar storm. When this latest one came on we are away on vacation...oh well I am sure the sun will be active again.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Post a Comment