Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.

13 Jun 2019

6m FT8 - Es!

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Although I have only been on for about 20 minutes I am already getting Es reports from Portugal despite running 2.5W to an omni vertical ant...

472kHz WSPR overnight

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The phrase must be, "not quite dead yet". Overnight I remained on 472kHz WSPR with 10mW ERP. There are now far fewer stations act...

Sunspots - Thursday June 13th 2019

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Solar flux is 69 and the SSN 0 still. A=7 and K=1.
12 Jun 2019

Sibling reunion

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Every year my wife gets together with her brothers for a few nights. We have been doing this (with spouses) now for 17 years. We take it i...

472kHz WSPR

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After a couple of nights at a sibling reunion in Cheshire, I am now home again. I decided to give 472kHz WSPR a try again. Already 2 station...

OFCOM and 5G

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OFCOM has announced moves to defragment 3.6GHz spectrum for 5G .

Real DX on 2m FT8

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Southgate News reports on Es between the Cape Verde Islands and Austria on 2m FT8 over a distance of 5102km.

Sunspots - Wednesday June 12th 2019

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Solar flux is 68 today and the SSN is 0 still. A=3 and K=1.
10 Jun 2019

Noctilucent Clouds

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Southgate News passes on a Spaceweather report that noctilucent cloud formations are probably the best for years. Just about every June t...
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6m FT8 RX

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At the moment just G and nearer Europeans being spotted. These could be tropo and almost certainly not Es.
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