More holiday #sota #SummitsOnTheAir fun. This time La Viorna EA1/CT-063 in the #picosdeeuropa, straight from La Viorna campsite. Lovely weather, beautiful views and plenty of room at the top. 20M #morsecode got me quite a few contacts, including Carlos @IU1KGS . Two more on 10M, when I tried 40M didn’t even get spotted by the #reversebeaconnetwork ? First time out with #K6ARK EFRW which I built to band hop with #elecraftkx2, seemed to do well in poor propagation conditions.

My antenna gets to see fantastic views, but not enough QSO s. The #rbn #reversebeaconnetwork shows that my QRP signal is perfectly copied all over Europe, but there are no takers. I even heard a Japanese station on 17m, and LU on 10m. So I conclude that the antenna works fine, the bands are open, there is just no activity. Except Ft8. Le sigh.
#hamrado #amateurfunk

@NO5IG

https://dxcluster.ha8tks.hu/azimuthal_map/

I prefer this one over the native RBN site.
I always use it for my #hamradio #reversebeaconnetwork information.

@W1CDN Hi, old post...
I just managed to compile the github source on linux

You MUST define VERSION_x and specifically VERSION_STRING in src/config.h otherwise it fails to compile

The software relies on at least one file stored on a German server, and this file is missing:
https://www.agcw.de/wp-content/persist/Mitgliederliste.csv

Gave up at this point.

The goal of the software was to filter spots by #CW speed, which is available now on #ReverseBeaconNetwork
https://www.reversebeacon.net

#radioamateur #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

The #reversebeaconnetwork is a blessing.
You can check propagation and see what antenna works best etc.

The #reversebeaconnetwork is a curse.
It always shows my signals being picked up in all remote corners of the planet. Yet no one answers me from VK, ZL, PY, W6, JA, 3B8, BY...
VERY FRUSTRATING #hamradio #hfbands thing.

Now playing #CW as OT23WARD...
#SpecialEventStation for #worldamateurradioday

@wz4m
I always (habitually) have the #FTdx3000 set for VFO A and B.

But there's a button right there that changes VFO B instead to a CLAR(ifier).

I should practice with that sucker.

Tune with the big knob so their tone is down at 640-690Hz, then CLAR them up to 700Hz.

I THINK, then, my tone to them would be slightly above.

Going to experiment with the #ReverseBeaconNetwork to verify that's how it works in practice.

#HamRadio - I hadn't paid attention to anything on #ReverseBeaconNetwork except CW, but I noticed that it also skims for psk31 & psk63. I don't think I've ever done psk63. I think I'll fire off a few TX on that mode, and see if the RBN picks me up.

@KI5SMN @AI8W

#ReverseBeaconNetwork will decode you, but won't INCLUDE you in the report, if your morse string isn't compliant.

CQ CALLSIGN
or
TEST CALLSIGN

By putting "10W" and "QRP" before your callsign, you have forcibly excluded yourself from RBN.

Also: don't spell out "CALLING". That's what CQ means.

Don't spell out "OVER".
That's what "K" at the end means.

Do this:

CQ CQ KI5SMN KI5SMN K

That's it. That's all. RBN and other ops will grok that 100%.

#morsle might be a funny gimmick but nothing beats a few real CW QSO on the #hfbands .
300+ in the Hungarian HADX contest. Very casual.

The notorious #reversebeaconnetwork picks me up in VK and ZL with nice S/N dB readings but not much coming in from that part of the planet.

Bagged a few new #wrtc2022 / #wrtc2023 award stations as well.

It never gets boring, that much is sure!

I had seen the #ReverseBeaconNetwork thingy jobber before, but hadn't ever seen myself on it.

Thanks to a recent Ask Dave, wherein he explained clearly 2 examples of what the RBN WILL pick up and track. There may be others, but Dave mentioned 2.

So this morning, I figured out how to set up my FTdx3000 with a CW memory of
"TEST N0MQL"
and a Beacon Interval of 180s.

So every 3 minutes, it transmits that brief #MorseCode phrase at 30wpm on 40m.

Dadgummit, it works. The RBN is picking me up!

Hey, #AmateurRadio and #software buddies: is anyone working on extending existing #QSL, #Logging, #ReverseBeacon, #DXCluster, spotting, or similar systems to support #ActivityPub?

I would love to get a notification when amateurs I follow on the #Fediverse are QRV (ideally including frequency and mode).

Equally I think it'd be cool to be able to toot my QSOs as they happen.

#HamRadio #RBN #ReverseBeaconNetwork #LogBook #LOTW

Today I was off work so had time for ham radio during the day. Once again tried to call CQ with my #Rockmite but didn’t manage to get any QSOs. When I looked at the #reversebeaconnetwork I noticed that my tiny ~500 mW was heard even in Kazakstan!

Does anyone have experience with #DM3MAT's #ReverseBeaconNetwork client on Windows? I can install it but am not seeing any spots.

I can login on the command line with telnet, so it doesn't seem like a port thing.

https://dm3mat.darc.de/rbn/ and GitHub at https://github.com/hmatuschek/skcc #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

I am now addicted to #qrp and the #RBN. The other thing I like about it is I am not having the #RFI issue inside the house while I transmit with the #ft891 with just 5watts :alex_crazy: #reversebeaconnetwork #FTW