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Today, I am trying 8m FT8 RX. I might spot a few stations!  UPDATE 1130z: Nobody spotted. This afternoon, I may try 6m 3W again. It seems th...

 At about 0930z, I QSYed to 8m FT8 RX. I think I just missed EA3ERE . UPDATE 1125z:   Just G4FKI spotted.  I may go back to 6m FT8 later.

My gear is on 8m (40.680) FT8  RX. I know activity is way down on 6m. UPDATE 1711z: No spots. I suspect people are on 6m, 4m and 2m Es.

 At about 1350z, I turned off my 10m 200mW WSPR TX beacon and 3W 6m FT8 and went on 8m FT8 and WSPR RX on 40.680 MHz. At best, activity on 8...

From about 1108z, I have been monitoring 40.680 FT8 RX. UPDATE 1420z: No spots.

Yet again (more in hope than expectation) I am again on 40.680MHz FT8  RX. UPDATE 0905z:  Just  EA7Y (1831km) spotted (on the wrong antenna ...

My RX started monitoring 8m FT8 on 40.680 at about 0910z. UPDATE 0919z: No spots.

Until thunder rudely stopped play, I went on 8m FT8 RX. A couple of Spanish stations were spotted before the storm came and everything had t...

 To close the day, I have QSYed to 8m FT8 on 40.680MHz RX. UPDATE 1821z:  No spots. QRT soon.

Despite being half the day, not a single station spotted. If this had been 6m or 10m I would have spotted quite a few stations.

At the moment I am monitoring 8m FT8. As there are far fewer stations active than 6m, this is harder going.  UPDATE 1400z:    Just spots of ...

From about 1100z I have been monitoring 40.680MHz FT8. UPDATE 1434z:   4 stations in Europe spotted in 4 different countries. At one time I ...

 My gear was turned on at 1215z: UPDATE  1246z:  Just one spot of a station in northern Spain -   EB1B (1050km). There appears to be a gene...

 Today I shall probably stick with 8m FT8 RX. UPDATE 0500z : Just G8VER spotted so far. UPDATE 0830z: 2 stations have been spotted with t...

As Es seemed good on 10m and 6m, I thought I'd try 8m FT8 RX. UPDATE 1442z: So far, EA3GCV (1231km) spotted using the well off tune V2...

For fun, I might go on 8m FT8 RX later in the hope of spotting some EAs by Es. If things are dire I may try 6m later. UPDATE 1225z: Monitori...

Once again, I am monitoring 8m FT8. UPDATE  1206z:   No spots. This will probably be my last day concentrating on 8m FT8. I am disappointed ...

Although I no longer hold a UK TX permit for 8m, I still monitor 8m FT8  from time to time.  I am monitoring today. UPDATE 1308z:   Just  G8...

As many know, I held a UK TX permit for the band getting all over the world with just a few watts and a low wire dipole. I was considering g...

Today, I am trying 8m FT8 RX again. UPDATE 1450z :  No spots. I think my antenna must be poor on 8m.  I might try the coax to my 2m antenna ...