WSPR DX from the land of penguins…

Published on 2009-03-13 by Mark VandeWettering

Well, after failing on 20m earlier in the day, I waited a bit, until I saw that Felix, DP1POL had shifted from 20m to 40m. I then flipped my beacon/grabber over to 40m, and gave it a try at the 5w power level. And…

<th>
  Call
</th>

<th>
  MHz
</th>

<th>
  SNR
</th>

<th>
  Drift
</th>

<th>
  Grid
</th>

<th>
  Pwr
</th>

<th>
  Reporter
</th>

<th>
  RGrid
</th>

<th>
  km
</th>

<th>
  az
</th>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;K6HX&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;7.040031&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;-18&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;0&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;CM87ux&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;5&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;DP1POL&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;IB59uh&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;14831&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;155&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;K6HX&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;7.040031&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;-16&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;-1&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;CM87ux&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;5&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;DP1POL&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;IB59uh&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;14831&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;155&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;K6HX&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;7.040030&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;-16&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;0&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;CM87ux&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;5&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;DP1POL&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;IB59uh&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;14831&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;155&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;K6HX&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;7.040030&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;-19&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;0&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;CM87ux&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;5&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;DP1POL&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='left'>
  &nbsp;IB59uh&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;14831&nbsp;
</td>

<td align='right'>
  &nbsp;155&nbsp;
</td>
Timestamp
 2009-03-13 02:10 
 2009-03-13 02:02 
 2009-03-13 01:54 
 2009-03-13 01:46 

If you look carefully, you’ll see an unusual grid square. DP1POL is operating from the German Neumayer III Station on the Ekstroem Shelf Ice, Atka Bay, in Antartica. Felix will be working their for quite some time, so I will undoutably have multiple opportunities to get him on multiple bands.

Another reason that this contact is significant is that it’s actually my furthest DX, further even than VK6DI. I decided to remake my WSPR spot map:

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