Comment on Trying (and failing) to receive IBP beacons on an SDR

bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The problem might be your antenna, but it may just be the conditions right now. 14.100Mhz will have more consistent propagation than the higher frequencies.

I just went on KiwiSDR, which is a website that lets you access different SDRs around the world. I picked one of the stations in Japan and I wasn’t getting much of anything on the 20 meter band (14 Mhz range).

kiwisdr.com/public/

Check KiwiSDR. Just search for Japan and find the station that is closest to you. That will show you what you should be able to pick up if your set-up is working.

How big is you antenna? A dipole antenna works best when it is one half of the wavelength you are trying to receive. So you would want a 10m wide antenna for 14.100Mhz.

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