WSPR - Weak Signal Propagation Reporter

Zoltán Dóczi - HA7DCD Raspberry Pi Shield:
WSPR-QRPi-HA7DCD

The VK4PK Whispering Pi - v1.6:
VK4PK-Whispering-Pi-v2

Joe Taylor K1JT - WSPR Application Instructions

VHF and Over WSPR overview

The Raspberry Pi as a Stratum-1 NTP Server

Maidenhead to log/lat grid squared

QRP-Labs Ultimate3S QRSS/WSPR Transmitter Kit

Chirp reception and interpretation by Pieter-Tjerk de Boer, PA3FWM pa3fwm@amsat.org:
Chirp Reception and Interpretation

The Complete Guide To Weak Signal Propagation Reporter:
https://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net/wspr/

WSPR Frequencies:
UV5R-PTT-pinout.jpg
Band Dial freq (MHz) Tx freq (MHz)
160m 1.836600 1.838000 - 1.838200
80m 3.592600 3.594000 - 3.594200
60m 5.287200 5.288600 - 5.288800
40m 7.038600 7.040000 - 7.040200
30m 10.138700 10.140100 - 10.140300
20m 14.095600 14.097000 - 14.097200
17m 18.104600 18.106000 - 18.106200
15m 21.094600 21.096000 - 21.096200
12m 24.924600 24.926000 - 24.926200
10m 28.124600 28.126000 - 28.126200
6m 50.293000 50.294400 - 50.294600
2m 144.488500 144.489900 - 144.490100

source:source:http://wsprnet.org/drupal/node/218

[Top][Home]

Faults - December 2025

My Zachtek WSPR transmitter is playing up after years of reliable service.
It is a Desktop unit, ProdNo: 1012, H/W version 2.6, Firmware version 2.04

Initially it was losing the GPSDO and transmitted approx 4 seconds late. I replaced the GPS and dT improved to approx .5 seconds. I put the original GPS back and it Locked and dT remained under .6 seconds. Maybe the MCU clock has not had enough time to drift, but I do get a GPS lock. I connected a USB cable and ran VK7JJ's web interface, https://wspr.rocks/zachtek/ on linux and it ran for a few minutes and locked up, frozen. I could disconnect and reconnect the serial and it would function for and short while and the lockup once again. I connected it with the Zachtek app Version 1, Releasre 18 on MS Windows 10 and had the same issues. Runs for a while and stalls with the same yellow status on solid and the TX LED off.

I have tried a number of serial emulators (putty, Arduino Monitor, minicom, tio, screen) and set them to non blocking and they usually give a few lines of output from the Zachtek unit then then lock. I also tried a few python scripts with non blocking IO. If I do not attempt to connect the API Apps it appears to run for 30 min, sometimes an hour or more. It is hard to diagnose as I cannot Set and Get or see much of the log.

I could try updating the firmware, but with the intermittent IO I probably couldn't do it but I have not tried. Also, it may brick the unit.



[Top][Home]
Glenn Lyons VK4PK
glenn@LyonsComputer.com.au
Ver:gnl20221017 - pre published v0.9