8 Sept 2026

10m 1W FT8 (Tuesday)

My gear was turned on at about 0645z.

UPDATE 1056z:  Just 1 local spotting me.  I was surprised. The SSN is quite good as is the solar flux.  Maybe there is even less activity now the Es season is over?

UPDATE 1529z:  Increased my power to 3W. I was worried that my 1W signal was being buried in local noise? This noise is increasing on the HF bands and lower VHF bands, getting worse as you go lower. I do not have a problem on 6m FT8. 3 stations spotting me, probably tropo.

UPDATE 1642z: Spotted by 8 stations (see map). Now QSYed to 10m 200mW WSPR.

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