Microwave meeting on Saturday in Scotland

 The following is due this Saturday. Check before going far.

• Saturday November 9th - 12th Scottish Microwave Round Table, GMRT Museum of Communication, Burntisland, Fife.  Contact gm4hwo@gmail.com . 

Years ago (many!) I attended a Microwave Round Table at Martlesham in Suffolk. It was very good.

10m QRP WSPR (Thursday)

As my 10m antenna is free, I am on 500mW 10m WSPR TX with my stand-alone beacon. No spots yet.

UPDATE 1141z:   My little beacon is now being spotted by 12 stations. Now being spotted in the USA.

UPDATE 1213z: Now being spotted by 32 stations with many in the USA.

6m QRP FT8 (Thursday)

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 QRP by 21 stations including one in southern Italy.

UPDATE 1257z: My first 6m spots from the USA and Canada today with QRP FT8 were at about 1230z.

UPDATE 1427z: 50 spots of my QRP 6m FT8 today.

QMX+

These last few days I have been using my QMX+ rig to good effect on 6m and 10m QRP FT8.  I reckon my output is about 3W. 

At first the PC does not want to recognise the QMX+ so I have to do a reset. SSB is promised with a software release. 

It works really well and has been copied "across the pond" on 6m QRP FT8 and around the planet on 10m QRP FT8. with simple antennas.

See  https://qrp-labs.com/qmxp.html .

Lunch - NOT amateur radio

 

My wife goes in to Cambridge for her U3A so I prepare lunch . Avocado 🥑 with prawn.

10m QRP FT8 (Thursday)

My QMX+ has been on since just before breakfast. My QRP has been spotted by 140 stations (furthermost Japan) and I have spotted 284 stations (at 0900z) with the furthermost FK8HM (16470km) in New Caledonia.

UPDATE 0942z:  346 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX. The map shows the stations spotted here.

UPDATE 1032z: The map shows the stations spotting my QRP 10m FT8 so far today. Worldwide.

Sunspots - Thursday November 7th

 Solar flux is 260 and the SSN 155. A=10 and K=1.

USA Elections - NOT amateur radio

The people of the USA have voted and chosen Mr Trump again. I wish them well although I am quite surprised.

6m QRP FT8 (Wednesday) with the QMX+

Just after 1200z, I went on 6m FT8  with my QMX+ and V2000 vertical. At 1215z just English stations were spotted.

UPDATE 1315z: 2 stations spotted on RX and my QRP FT8 has been spotted by 16 English stations.

UPDATE 1730z:  53 stations have spotted my QRP FT8 today including several "across the pond".

10m QRP WSPR (Wednesday)

 Change of plan!  

For some reason my PC is not working with the SignaLink USB so I am just on QRP 10m WSPR TX.

UPDATE 1738z: 52 stations have spotted my QRP beacon.