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 My QMX+ has been on since about 1035z. So far, 5 English  stations have spotted me. The QMX+ initialised after a few minutes! UPDATE 1145z:...

Once my QMX+ initiates, I intend to try 6m QRP FT8 again. Yet again, it has not yet initiated. I hope there is a fix for this in later soft...

 If my QMX+ initiates (it hasn't yet!) I intend to try 6m QRP FT8. UPDATE 0945z: Well, the QMX+ eventually did initiate. Probably this ...

 After leaving the QMX+ for 30 minutes it initialised. I  have no idea how long after initial switch on this happened.  Anyway at about 0735...

After trying for about 10 times, my QMX+ (which is great once initialised!) has failed to initialise. Probably Wednesday, I shall go on 6m F...

My QRP FT8 has been on 50.313MHz with my QMX+ since just before breakfast. 14 stations have spotted me.  See map. UPDATE 2004z:    QRT.  55 ...

 Overnight I monitored 50.280MHz MS144, which was supposed to be the best place to lurk for 6m MS in the Leonid meteor shower that was due t...

Having confirmed that most 6m MS activity is around 50.280MHz in Europe, I am again monitoring this overnight.

My QRP 6m FT8 has been on since just after breakfast. So far, spotted by 20 stations. See map. UPDATE  1417z:   24 stations (all in Europe)...

Overnight I am monitoring 50.280MHz MSK144, hoping to catch some MS pings in the Leonid meteor shower. I think this is the most used frequen...

For some unknown reason my QMX+ initialised this morning, so I am on 6m QRP FT8 again. So far, I have been spotted by 5 English stations, al...

 Once again, I am trying 6m as the F2 propagation sometimes goes this high. So far (at 0920z) spotted by 14 English stations. UPDATE 1333z: ...

My QRP FT8  has been on for a while after breakfast. 6 English stations have spotted me. One VU was spotted at the end of a QSO. UPDATE 1438...

My FT8 gear was turned on at about 0950z. So far spotted by 4 English stations at 0953z. UPDATE 1425z:  22 stations have spotted my QRP 6m ...

  57 stations have spotted me today, including several "across the pond". 

My QMX+ on 6m was turned on about 0945z. At 1033z, I have been spotted by 12 English stations.  Looking at  https://www.tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/r...

It looks like I am seeing no 10m WSPR spots today from the USA, so I very much doubt there will be any F2 6m propagation "across the po...

My QMX+ to the vertical omni V2000 was turned on at about 0730z. So far (at 1325z), 32 stations have spotted me. See map.

My QMX+ is initialising.  Someone kindly suggested it might be due to slow charging of capacitors in my PSU. I tried simply plugging in the ...

At about 1110z I QSYed to 6m QRP FT8 with the QMX+. So far, just 11 English stations have spotted me. UPDATE 1139z:   Now spotted on 6m FT8 ...