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 10m Es looks promising and my 500uW 10m WSPR beacon is on. UPDATE 1457z:   Despite Es being excellent today with 24 spots across Europe in ...

Solar flux is 194 and the SSN 166. A=12 and K=1.

Overnight just 2  stations spotted my 10mW ERP 630m WSPR. It looks like the season is ending as noise levels increase over the spring and su...

My 10mW ERP from the earth-electrode "antenna" in the ground was turned on at about 1910. So far, spotted by just G6AVK (78km).

My 10mW 6m FT8  tests have already exceeded my expectations. I am very tempted to try 8m FT8 (not WSPR) at 10mW ERP on under ISM rules. Perh...

On John's blog he mentions a new concept radio from ICOM called the X60. This is on show at the Dayton Hamvention this weekend. The mai...

One of the things as a runner of a blog I can see is how many visitors I get each day. Basically these numbers are unreliable!   Yesterday, ...

At the moment, things do not look too great. However, with Es, things can very quickly alter, so I shall stick with 10m and 6m QRPP WSPR in ...

Once again, I am on 6m with my 10mW WSPR. Although I have been copied locally, I have yet to get any Es spots.  I am trying to simulate what...

This photo of some years ago shows where I come from and lived until my early 20s. It is still beautiful and I try to go back to stay with m...