These are very cool transmitters! Glad to see someone put out a review of them . I put one in the back seat of my car, with a USB battery pack and a mag mount mini-ham stick antenna on the roof for 20M. It was programmed to transmit on 20 and 30 M thru the same antenna (SWR won't hurt it). I ran it a good part of the day on the USB battery bank while mobile going to OzarkCon last April. Worked great and had over a hundred reception reports from the 200mW on both bands to a crappy mobile antenna. The GPS auto updated the grid square while we were traveling.
Very cool Jim. I like running a WSPR beacon every now and then and have got as low as 1 mW. I do worry about running my large radio and power supply and this is a neat solution.
Dude - right?? No PSU, and once it's programmed, it just sits there and does the thing. Easy to put online, and easy to take down, without the expensive gear running and xmitting constantly.
I also own one of these. It runs 80m-10m. I have been super impressed with its performance. I'm on the central coast of California, and I've had my signal received as far north as Ellesmere Island, as far south as the Neumayer Station at Antarctica, and getting over to Europe, Asia, and Australia. If you want to work WSPR, this is the best way to do it. Though, when I've tried it on different antennas, it seems to work great on a dipole and my hexbeam, but not so good on my Diamond vertical.
Thanks Jim. I seen these a while ago but they were out of stock and a bit pricey if I remember correctly. However, it's great that its a standalone unit as you mentioned without hogging up other resources.😊
No, no transmatch that I'm aware of. It really expects resonant on the WSPR freq, but OTOH, the power is sub 1W, so even terrible SWR won't break anything. It may not be optimal, for sure.
Hello, I am a new ham operator and got the 80 to 10 which works great on My Go2 antenna. I live in a HOA. It reaches europe, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the entire USA. When it is directly connected to the My Go 2 antenna with the gps on the House window. I have not yet received my ordered ICom 7300. So I do not have a transceiver as of yet. I was told that this is stand alone and would not need to have my antenna hooked up to this once its programmed and operating by a fellow ham operator. So, if i physically remove My go 2 antenna from the transmitter output port , the programming site shows its still operating but the WSPR Rocks site will no longer show new contacts like its not operating. Will the WSPR Transmitter model 80 T to 10 operate without the actual antenna connected to the WSPR transmitter or do I need to install a Y fitting or manual switch on my actual antenna so that I can use my Icom 7300 on my go 2 antenna or switch the My go 2 antenna to the WSPS so its one or the other? Also will the GPS antenna always have to stay connected to the WSPR or will the actual position on the WSPR allow me to remove the GPS antenna? Not as concerned about the GPS as I am how do I use my one antenna for both the WSPR transmitter and the ICOM 7300 at the same time?
You can use the WSPR with or without GPS. You can hard set your lat/lon in the WSPR app. You will need an antenna connected to it, but after you've done the setup in the app, you don't need the app running all the time on your computer, the WSPR device will go on it's own.
@FEPLabs Radio. Jim, sort of a noobie question, but isn't WSPR a beaconing type of transmission? There isn't any "reply" that you get from the other side. So you may be 'heard' at the distant WSPR receiver, but you may not hear them. correct? So when you say 'contact' in the video, you really just mean that you were 'heard' by that station. yes?
I have two of them. I was confused by your statement that it’s a “transceiver” but it’s only a transmitting beacon, no? The only RXing involved is receiving the GPS signal.
These are very cool transmitters! Glad to see someone put out a review of them . I put one in the back seat of my car, with a USB battery pack and a mag mount mini-ham stick antenna on the roof for 20M. It was programmed to transmit on 20 and 30 M thru the same antenna (SWR won't hurt it). I ran it a good part of the day on the USB battery bank while mobile going to OzarkCon last April. Worked great and had over a hundred reception reports from the 200mW on both bands to a crappy mobile antenna. The GPS auto updated the grid square while we were traveling.
I have several of these transmitters and am very satisfied of their performance. For WSPR I believe they are the way to go. 73, KE8NQL.
Very cool Jim. I like running a WSPR beacon every now and then and have got as low as 1 mW. I do worry about running my large radio and power supply and this is a neat solution.
Dude - right?? No PSU, and once it's programmed, it just sits there and does the thing. Easy to put online, and easy to take down, without the expensive gear running and xmitting constantly.
I also own one of these. It runs 80m-10m. I have been super impressed with its performance. I'm on the central coast of California, and I've had my signal received as far north as Ellesmere Island, as far south as the Neumayer Station at Antarctica, and getting over to Europe, Asia, and Australia. If you want to work WSPR, this is the best way to do it. Though, when I've tried it on different antennas, it seems to work great on a dipole and my hexbeam, but not so good on my Diamond vertical.
I love it - I don't have to leave the radio on, and can hook it up to different antennas and test on a per band basis, etc. It's a great device!
Thanks Jim. I seen these a while ago but they were out of stock and a bit pricey if I remember correctly. However, it's great that its a standalone unit as you mentioned without hogging up other resources.😊
Nice job Jim, it's really a cool device for sure!
Thanks for sharing Jim
Looks simple to use and fun.
Did you add /QRP?
HA! No.
Well, guess I'm gonna open my wallet now. Thanks a lot. 😅
Hi Jim, a question for you.... does this transmitter perform any "transmatch" for tuning a non-resonant antenna? Art W1SWL
No, no transmatch that I'm aware of. It really expects resonant on the WSPR freq, but OTOH, the power is sub 1W, so even terrible SWR won't break anything. It may not be optimal, for sure.
Hello, I am a new ham operator and got the 80 to 10 which works great on My Go2 antenna. I live in a HOA. It reaches europe, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the entire USA. When it is directly connected to the My Go 2 antenna with the gps on the House window. I have not yet received my ordered ICom 7300. So I do not have a transceiver as of yet. I was told that this is stand alone and would not need to have my antenna hooked up to this once its programmed and operating by a fellow ham operator. So, if i physically remove My go 2 antenna from the transmitter output port , the programming site shows its still operating but the WSPR Rocks site will no longer show new contacts like its not operating. Will the WSPR Transmitter model 80 T to 10 operate without the actual antenna connected to the WSPR transmitter or do I need to install a Y fitting or manual switch on my actual antenna so that I can use my Icom 7300 on my go 2 antenna or switch the My go 2 antenna to the WSPS so its one or the other? Also will the GPS antenna always have to stay connected to the WSPR or will the actual position on the WSPR allow me to remove the GPS antenna? Not as concerned about the GPS as I am how do I use my one antenna for both the WSPR transmitter and the ICOM 7300 at the same time?
You can use the WSPR with or without GPS. You can hard set your lat/lon in the WSPR app. You will need an antenna connected to it, but after you've done the setup in the app, you don't need the app running all the time on your computer, the WSPR device will go on it's own.
@FEPLabs Radio. Jim, sort of a noobie question, but isn't WSPR a beaconing type of transmission? There isn't any "reply" that you get from the other side. So you may be 'heard' at the distant WSPR receiver, but you may not hear them. correct? So when you say 'contact' in the video, you really just mean that you were 'heard' by that station. yes?
Yes
Correct - like a politician, I misspoke. Nothing to see here...
Cool !
WSPR!
Hi Jeem! Could you explain how this device is an RX? 73 de K4FMH
The onboard firmware handles all that. No other software is required.
I have two of them. I was confused by your statement that it’s a “transceiver” but it’s only a transmitting beacon, no? The only RXing involved is receiving the GPS signal.
@@Frank_K4FMH correct . TX only.
Yea, I thought Jeem got too excited and misspoke, lol