Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

  9 stations spotted my 10mW ERP with the furthermost OH1LSQ (1733km).

My 10m WSPR beacon was turned on full power (500mW - seems like QRO now!!) at 0855z. UPDATE 0915z:  There is huge difference between 0.5mW...

 Solar flux is 144 and the SSN 130. A=12 and K=4.

My 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was turned on just after teatime. So far, 3 stations have spotted me ...

Recently I got a package from Banggood. The address label just had my name and the village name. I had given them my full address. Thickie...

  We have our main Christmas tree in the garden room at the back of the house. This is in our lounge.

My 2.5W FT8 was turned on at about 1415z.  UPDATE 1620z:  No spots. F2 conditions seemed to have gone down a bit. Maybe we'll see a bit ...

 This came from a local friend yesterday. "Your crystal ball is working well. I rang the telephone number on the Waters & Stanton w...

For a couple of weeks I have tried 10m WSPR at 500uW (0.5mW). After this, I have proved to myself that this power is enough when conditions ...

Every month a group of old work colleagues meet up for a meal in a different pub in the area.  The photo shows the December meeting.