5 Nov 2015

Still no 10m WSPR spots from the USA today

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It is now 1446z and there are no 10m spots from the USA today as yet. I had no spots at all from the USA yesterday and from only one station...

10m F2 DX

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Already I see that, as well as Russian, Spanish, Greek and Italian 10m WSPR spots, I am being spotted by FR1GZ (9724km), so there is decent...

Sunspots and 10m - Thurs Nov 5th 2015

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Sunspot number is 93 today (K=4), with solar flux 111 although 10m propagation is expected to remain "poor" again. Conditions are ...
4 Nov 2015

No USA today on 10m WSPR?

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There were no USA stations spotting my 10m WSPR today.   As I was a bit suspicious of this, I have just reset and resync'd the 10m beaco...

Surprise 6m spot

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Well, I'm pleased and surprised to have spotted G8VDQ (93km) on 6m WSPR at 1114z today. The drift on his signals suggest the involvemen...

5MHz and WRC-15

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The latest World Radio Conference (WRC-15) has now opened in Geneva with amateurs looking for a new contiguous (i.e a continuous, no gaps) a...

Return to 10m and 6m WSPR and QRT on MF

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At around 1030z, I turned on the 6m and 10m WSPR stations, did a resync and went QRT (for the daytime) on 630m WSPR. It will take a few minu...

Sunspots and 10m - Wed Nov 4th 2015

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Sunspot number 95 (K=5) although the solar flux level is good.  10m propagation is expected to be "poor" today. I have still to go...

472kHz RX overnight

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Well, I was surprised. The preamp improves 472kHz sensitivity, but I was able to copy no more stations than without the preamp! I was rather...
3 Nov 2015

A cricket on our window? - NOT amateur radio

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On the bedroom window This afternoon we had this visitor on the outside of our bedroom window. I think it is a kind of cricket although...