Globe Logo WebSDR #3

80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17 and 10 meters
South East array

Welcome to KFS WebSDR #3 using the South East Directional Array, located six miles south of Half Moon Bay, California USA covering the 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17 and bottom portion of the 10 meter bands. It also provides redundancy to the WebSDR(s) on the Omni antenna.

This facility was established by Craig, W6DRZ (sk) and is maintained by a group of local and remote volunteers. Technical descriptions, operating tips, and up-to-date propagation information may be found on the ABOUT page.

More information on the worldwide WebSDR project can be found on www.websdr.org. An outstanding alternate system in the Western USA is Northern Utah WebSDR, north of Salt Lake City. For HF reception from the East coast, use either NA5B WebSDR in Washington, DC. or the K3FEF WebSDR in Pennsylvania.


This WebSDR is undergoing testing

This WebSDR (#3) uses new hardware and is currently undergoing testing meaning that it it may occasionally be restarted, go offline and/or experience loss of signals.  There are still some "gremlins" that we are trying to find that can cause the audio and waterfall to drop out, but like most intermittent issues, these can be difficult to solve.

This WebSDR is connected to the TCI-572B Log-Periodic Array which is centered at 135 degrees, toward the southeast giving it excellent coverage of South America as well as most of the continental U.S. - but it will have nulls centered on 45 (toward Europe and Northeast U.S.) and 225 degrees (toward the Pacific) on 40 meters and up but below 40 meters it is more or less omnidirectional

For more details and further updates, see the KFS WebSDR News.

For the latest happenings, see the KFS WebSDR News page or go to the LANDING PAGE

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View:
Allow keyboard:
j k ← →: freq down/up (+shift/ctrl/alt faster)
u l c a f: USB, LSB, CW, AM, FM
z Z: center/zoom waterfall
g: enter frequency
m: mute/unmute audio
s: toggle squelch

  
   
Use buttons, or use scroll
wheel & drag on waterfall
Speed:
Size:
View:

Frequency: kHz    VFO:  ?  
Enter frequency above, or tune by clicking/dragging/scrollwheel on the frequency scale. freq???
Mode:  ?      
   VFO:
Use the = kHz button to snap to the nearest kHz.

Clicking a band below will switch to KFS WebSDR server #4 (South East array)
     
Clicking a band below will switch to KFS WebSDR server #1 (Omni)
               
Clicking a band below will switch to KFS WebSDR server #2 (Omni)
     
Memories:
Memories are stored as cookies on your computer, not on the server.
Bandwidth:
?:   ? kHz @ -6dB; ? kHz @ -60dB.  Default BW in bold.
 USB CW RX: Check box, or put  ?usbcw  in the URL for USB CW reception.
  CW uses a center frequency of 750 Hz and LSB by default.

PassBand Tuning (PBT):
Use buttons to select BW/mode or drag passband edges on frequency scale. PBT/IF Shift by Weert Websdr.
Logbook:
Call of station that you hear:
Comments, if any:
Time, frequency, your name/call, and DXCC information are added automatically.
View the last 20 lines of the logbook, or the entire logbook (opens new tab/window).


[scale]
? dBm  Peak ? dBm
 ?     ?
 S-meter squelch:        
  
Volume:
Mute Squelch Notch1
Notch2 High Boost
 DSP Noise Reduction:
More info about Noise Reduction, Notch2 & High Boost here
Audio buffering:
  More buffering may help with drop-outs or slow/jittery connections.
  Vari-Notch (Hz):   Off
   CW Peak (Hz):   Off    Ref. Tone

Gain control:   
RF AGC Alt AGC Manual
Gain:
Try "Alt AGC" for better AM reception, particularly with QSB.
devpk dev_avg dev_pkavg   
Audio channel: Left Both Right
Sig. strength plot:


?      compact view
Statistics:
Actual CPU utilization percentage is 1/4th of the value shown above.
? devpk dev_avg dev_pkavg freq???