19 Mar 2022

Component supplier

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This supplier used to attend rallies, but can no longer travel from their home in Cumbria. They are retiring. They still have some component...

10m FT8 RX

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It is now 0804z and I have been on 10m FT8 RX for about 30 minutes. So far 35 stations have been spotted. The band seems wide open.  UPDATE ...

Red-legged partridges - NOT amateur radio

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We used to see these handsome birds regularly in our garden, but I have not seen them for a while. They were introduced over a century ago t...

Sunspots - Saturday March 19th 2022

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Solar flux is 98 and the SSN 27.  A=4 and K=0.
18 Mar 2022

Yaesu FT-747

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This was an HF 100W transceiver that dates from the early 1990s. I owned one for a few years, but never warmed to it. It had a metallised pl...

Wymondham - NOT amateur radio

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Some of my wife's ancestors lived here in the 1800s before moving to industrial Sheffield - what a shock that must have been! We went th...

10m FT8 QRP (Friday)

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Starting at about 0645z, I have been on 10m FT8 with 2.5W TX initially (no spots), but now RX only (just 1 G spotted). PSKreporter seems to ...

Sunspots - Friday March 18th 2022

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Solar flux is 103 and the SSN 53. A=6 and K=1.
17 Mar 2022

First proper grass cut - NOT amateur radio

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Although I cut our 2 lawns a few days ago with the blades set very high, today was the first proper cut this year.  Spring is here .... and ...

DX maps

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With PSKreporter not apparently working, I am looking for alternatives. At the minute, I am on DXmaps. I am still exploring and have not yet...