It is now 0840z. For about 20 minutes, I have been on 8m FT8 QRP TX (first) on 40.680 MHz USB dial. No spots on RX or TX so far.
UPDATE 1103z: "p***ing in the wind" was the phrase my dad would have used in his colourful language! I have been on 8m TX for over two hours and I have not been spotted once. On RX, not a soul has been spotted. I am on FT8. I have never been closer to stopping my experiment.
Don't give up Roger, I'd go as far to say this is the worst Sporadic E season I can remember since I started in the early 80s.
ReplyDeleteI use a few SDRs to monitor pretty much everything from 24MHz up to 108MHz with a lot of time (usually) spent on broadcast FM DX and right now I would say my logs are about 80-90% down on previous years. I was talking to a friend about it earlier and I'd like to think at some point someone is going to analyse what's gone wrong with the Es season in NW Europe. In contrast DXers in Eastern and SE Europe have been enjoying 5-6 hour openings with the MUF well above 108MHz.
Paul
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