12m WSPR

If there's one thing for sure, it's that understanding propagation on 12m is poor because there are far too few stations using WSPR on that band.

Last evening, I started WSPR using my 3-ele LFA Yagi pointed at central Europe.  I was amazed to hear - and be heard by - stations in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.  These weren't faint traces but full-on, band-wide-open strength signals - lasting up until local midnight!

There's been quite a lot of discussion about bands only being closed when you believe that they are. And I couldn't agree more.  The internet and its many clusters has only made things worse, in that if the band is not being reported as open, others follow like sheep and go elsewhere.

Here's to more 12m WSPR stations opening up soon!