Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This next few days we are at great risk of thunder and lightning. We are in the middle of a heatwave with hot, damp air moving up from the s...

Sunspot number has little changed. Today it is 36 (K=2) and 10m propagation remains "poor". I am not expecting great F2 propagatio...

What a disappointing day on 6m!  Quite a few WSPR spots given and received but all have been G stations with no sign of Es here. With thunde...

EA8BVP (2986km) has spotted me 39 times so far on 10m WSPR today. There has been some Es on 10m but very little. I suspect some of these ...

As 10m and 6m were doing nothing much, I had another outing on JT9-1 on 20m QRP.  There were several stations active.  A look on PSK reporte...

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It has been disappointing on 10m with very little Es seen here so far. On 6m, it has been even worse with just G spots given and received. ...

Sunspot number is a little up on yesterday at 39 (K=2), but 10m is expected to remain "poor" today.  I have already been spotted b...

For a complete change I went on JT9-1 on 20m for a little while (worked LZ5QZ ) then returned to 10m WSPR using the FT817 so I could receive...

As part of my recovery I usually do a short 5 minute walk morning and night.  When out this evening I did a "hard" reset of my 10m...