[hpsdr] Initial drop of PennyWSPR code posted

[roland.etienne at free.fr]

> Folks,
>
> I've posted my initial drop of the WSPR beacon code for Penny
> in:  svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/PennyWSPR
> There's a README file at:
> svn://64.245.179.219/svn/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/PennyWSPR/README.txt
> This code turns Penny and an Excalibur into  a standalone WSPR beacon.
>
> WSPR is  a weak signal propagation reporting tool.  Information on it
> is at:http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wspr.html
>
> There are two variations of the code posted, one that beacons on a
> single frequency at a time, and one that beacons on multiple
> frequencies at a time.  The single frequency version is the most
> practical. the multi freq once is the most gee whiz, but not as
> practical since it splits the available power over a the frequencies
> being beaconed..
>
> To use this code on the air you'll need to rebuild it to have your
> call and grid square.  See the readme for details on how to do
> this.   If you want to just kick the tires on it,  you can load
> PennyWSPR.pof from SVN  and run into a dummy load and watch on
> another radio with WSPR (turn or spot uploading for this).  Power up
> Penny at the top of an even minute and you should see it beacon on
> 40, sleep 2 mins, beacon on 20, repeat.  The beacon preprogrammed into it
> is:
>
>          PE0NNY AA00 23
>
> I've been running the single tone version on 40 and 20 meters to a
> low wire dipole from a barefoot Penelope (200 mW out) and have seen
> it spotted from Canada to Venezuela
>
> Have fun with it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill (kd5tfd)
>

Hi Bill and all,

Thanks for sharing this, Bill! It gave me the inspiration for a "week-end
project"!

I have done a wspr beacon with Xylo (you remember Xylo :) ?) followed by a DDS
60.

It's working nicely on a dummy load for the moment, waiting to add a small amp.
before going on the air!

The bad thing, is that I cannot use the boot-prom on Xylo to make a stand-alone
beacon, the PC must always be there and running :((.

It was really fun to discover wspr, thanks!

73,
Roland, F8CHK