My 6m QRP (2.5W to the V2000 vertical) is on and 4 stations have spotted me at 0816z.
UPDATE 0838z: 7 stations have spotted me. All of these are in England.
UPDATE 1430z: 40 stations have spotted me. Plenty of Es.
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
My 6m QRP (2.5W to the V2000 vertical) is on and 4 stations have spotted me at 0816z.
UPDATE 0838z: 7 stations have spotted me. All of these are in England.
UPDATE 1430z: 40 stations have spotted me. Plenty of Es.
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna was turned on at about 0915z. So far, just one local spot.
UPDATE 0950z: 9 spots of me.
Stations spotting my 2.5W 6m FT8 today |
My 2.5W to the V2000 vertical has been on for about 40 minutes and has been spotted by 7 stations. Some look like Es.
On 6m FT8 RX I have spotted a station in Norway.
UPDATE 1021z: 19 stations have spotted me and I have spotted 20 stations. Definitely Es.My 2.5W to the V2000 vertical has been on for several hours. At 1150z, 7 stations in England had spotted me.
UPDATE 1418z: 11 spots of me so far, all in England.
When sunspot numbers and solar flux numbers are high, there is always a chance of the F2 MUF reaching 6m or even higher. I remember some years ago hearing 6m SSB stations from South Africa and the USA just like locals. At the time I just had a wire dipole.
At about 1620z, I QSYed to 6m FT8. At 1630z, 4 stations had spotted my 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna.
UPDATE 1800z: 9 stations have spotted my QRP. On RX, the furthermost is EA9ABC (1873km) in North Africa.My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical antenna is on, but just 5 English spots so far.
My 2.5W to the V2000 vertical omni antenna was turned on at about 0755z. So far (at 0806z) 4 English stations spotting me.
UPDATE 1143z: 9 spots of my QRP including one from Germany.
This morning, I am on 6m FT8 with my 2.5W to the V2000 vertical omni antenna. So far, 6 English stations spotting me. No DX evident here.
UPDATE 0946z: Now spotted by 11 stations including stations in Norway and Sweden.
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna has been on for a few minutes.
UPDATE 0941z: Just 1 local spot so far.
UPDATE 1430z: 10 spots of my QRP (all English) so far today.
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna has been spotted by 5 English stations at 0835z, although I have spotted none.
UPDATE 1509z: 5 stations spotted on RX with the best EI3ISB (452km) on the outskirts of Dublin. 11 UK stations have spotted me today. No signs of DX today.
UPDATE 1702z: Guess who spoke too soon!! A station in Norway has spotted my 2.5W QRP 6m FT8.
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna was on until I QSYed to 630m WSPR. Stations that spotted me were from across England. On RX, my best DX was a station in Germany.
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna has been on most of the day. I shall QSY to 630m QRP WSPR later. So far, my signal has been spotted by 16 stations (all in England).
My own 6m 2.5W FT8 to the vertical omni has been spotted by 10 stations. On RX (TEP?) my best DX is ZS6NJ (9115km).
My 2.5W FT8 to the V2000 vertical omni antenna was turned on early this morning.
UPDATE 1555z: 16 stations have spotted me including IZ0GVZ (1357km).
Today, I am on 6m QRP FT8 with 2.5W to the V2000 omni vertical antenna.
UPDATE 2122z: 21 stations have spotted me including a station in Norway and one in Germany. I am unsure of the propagation mode, as there was little propagation on 10m WSPR. Perhaps it was aircraft reflection?
My son has seen a swift in our village so they have arrived in East Anglia. I have not seen any yet.