Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

I have been experimenting with formats that show up on PSKreporter when I am beaconing.  The above format seems to work and does not show t...

This morning I am trying 10m FT8 at 100mW. There is far more chance of being clobbered by a stronger station, but it's fun to try. I ha...

My IC-705 at 6W was turned on at about 0530z.  UPDATE 1732z: 62 stations have spotted me. The furthermost is Reunion Is.. Quieter than I was...

My 6W FT8 from the IC-705 was turned on at 1054z. Stations spotting me to 1836z UPDATE 1215z:   Spotted by 28 stations with the furthermost ...

My IC-705 at 6W FT8 has been on since about 0800z. UPDATE 2121z:   30 stations have spotted me today.

My IC-705 has been on 6m 6W FT8 since the second half of the morning. UPDATE 1921z: 19 spots of me.

My IC-705 at 6W FT8 was turned on at 0645z. UPDATE 1534z: 97 stations have spotted me. See map. UPDATE 2200z: 166 stations have spotted me m...

My IC-705 at 6W 10m FT8 has been on since breakfast.  UPDATE 1750z:   241 spots of me so far. Furthermost is Western Australia. The USA has ...

My 6W 10m FT8 was turned on at about 0620z. UPDATE 0845z: 17 spots of me so far with the furthermost Gabon in central Africa. The impression...

My IC-705 at 6W FT8 was turned on at about 0815z. UPDATE 0832z:  3 spots of me.

My IC-705 at 6W was turned on at about 0740z. UPDATE 1132z:   79 spots of me that look like F2 propagation. Best spot is from Brazil.  UPDAT...

My IC-705 was turned on at about 0800z. Just 9 English stations spotting me. UPDATE 1619z:   34 stations have spotted me.  It looks like we ...

My QRP beacon is on. No spots. UPDATE 1930z: 50 spots all by EA8BFK (2880km).

 My IC-705 is set at 6W FT8. So far this morning just spotted in Europe and the Middle East. UPDATE 1538z: 12 stations have spotted me.

 My IC-705 was turned on mid-morning. I will reset things as I do not think my own spots are being uploaded to PSKreporter. UPDATE 1030z: 1...

My IC-705 at 6W has been on since just after breakfast. UPDATE 2020z:   182 stations have spotted me today.  Furthermost is Argentina. See m...

 My FT8 at 6W from the IC-705 was turned on just before midday. Judging by the absence of signals on RX, it looks like there is a solar stor...

  After returning mid-afternoon from a few days with my son and family in Kent, I have turned on my IC-705 ar 6W FT8. So far, spotted by 41 ...

My IC-705 at reduced power was turned on at about 0820z. UPDATE  0953z: Spotted by 40 stations with the furthermost South Africa. See map. ...

 As I was having no success on WSPR I QSYed to FT8 with 6W from the IC-705. UPDATE 2222z: 527   stations have spotted me. The map shown was ...