[aprssig] APRS-WSPR APRS from anywhere!
Heikki Hannikainen
hessu at hes.iki.fi
Sun Oct 9 15:34:52 EDT 2016
Hi,
The high-altitude balloon folks are already sending balloons with WSPR
telemetry:
http://www.qrp-labs.com/ultimate3/ve3kcl-balloons/ve3kcl-s4.html#protocol
On Sun, 9 Oct 2016, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> The more I think about it the more I get excited about building up an
> APRS-WSPR Gateway system. With the 27 dB signal processing gain of WSPR,
> then a 1W transmitter is
> the same as 1000 watts. And for receive, since APRS can have HF receivers
> everywhere, then this can really expand the usefulness of APRS anywhere in
> the world including
> on the fringes of our existing network.
>
> QST in September showed the $29 TAPR WSPR daughter board that plugs onto a
> Rasberry pi and although it is only a 100 millliwatt transmitter, with enough
> WSPRgates, that
> should not be a problem. But adding a 1W PA will always help!
>
> I already have come up with a compression technique that can improve on the
> existing gridsquare (60x120miles) down to (18x12miles) and down to 3 miles or
> nearly a half
> mile for 5 and 4 letter calls.
>
> see http://aprs.org/aprs-wspr.html
>
> Lets get those WSPR boards on the air!
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>
>
>
- Hessu
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