Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

  My beacon was turned on at about 1425z. UPDATE 1522z:   7 stations have spotted me so far. See map.

My gear was turned on at about 1425z. UPDATE 1531z:  8 stations spotting me, with the furthest EI4DQ (580km).

  My gear was turned on at about 0650z. UPDATE 1430z: 335 spots of me.  See map of those spotting me. Now QSYed to 6m FT8 and 10m WSPR.

Most  Thursdays I spend some time in a nearby village whilst my wife attends a class. Usually I go shopping. Yesterday I went to a cafe whic...

Solar  flux is 120 and the SSN 76.  A=27 and K=3.

At about 1600z I QSYed to 10m FT8 from 8m.  UPDATE  2105z: So far, 144 stations have spotted me. See map. UPDATE 2139z: QRT. In the end 146 ...

 My gear was turned on at about 0920z. UPDATE 1523:    No spots.

 Solar flux is 120 and the SSN 85. A=23 and K=3.

 Probably more 8m FT8 receive again. Yesterday was disappointing with nobody spotted .

If you live in the UK I wonder if you remember the French onion men?  They were quite common in the 1950s.   They came across from France an...