27 Mar 2015
472kHz DX spots
At 0022z F1AFJ (607km) spotted my 5mW ERP WSPR signal. This evening PA0RDT (243km) is the best DX spotter so far.
10m USA WSPR spots
10m conditions appear to be poor to the USA today with just KT5W (6314km) spotting my 10m 500mW WSPR beacon once at 1654z. There may be more spots later.
UPDATE 2225z: It looks like KT5W was again the last USA station to spot me, at 2126z. It looks like he was the only transatlantic station to spot me all day.
UPDATE 2225z: It looks like KT5W was again the last USA station to spot me, at 2126z. It looks like he was the only transatlantic station to spot me all day.
Sunspots and 10m - Friday March 27th 2015
Sunspot number is still high today at 103. 10m propagation is again expected to be "fair" and so far my 10m 500mW WSPR beacon has only been spotted by G4IKZ (18km) and EA8BVP (2986km). Conditions so far on 10m seem "muted", although it is still very early.
26 Mar 2015
472kHz WSPR this afternoon
No great DX so far with G4AYT (114km) being the most distant station to spot my 5mW ERP so far. In the other direction, it is a similar story with no great DX as yet. I am always hoping that my little signal will be spotted by some totally new reporters.
USA 10m WSPR spots today
KT5W (6314km) first spotted me at 1338z, quite early nowadays. As I write this at 1905z there are still plenty of USA stations spotting my 10m 500mW WSPR beacon.
UPDATE 2235z: KT5W was also the last spot on 10m from the USA at 2118z tonight.
UPDATE 2235z: KT5W was also the last spot on 10m from the USA at 2118z tonight.
East Anglia churches blog updated - NOT amateur radio
See http://eachurches.blogspot.co.uk/ .
This blog has been added to with a note and some photos of Isleham Priory which dates back to 1090AD. I have also updated the entry for Isleham church which we first visited in February.
This blog has been added to with a note and some photos of Isleham Priory which dates back to 1090AD. I have also updated the entry for Isleham church which we first visited in February.
OFCOM plans for the year ahead
See http://www.ofcom.org.uk/content/about/annual-reports-plans/ann-plans/Annual_Plan_Statement.pdf .
Sorry, but this CRAP shows what OFCOM plans are for the year ahead. In an executive executive summary (mine) I would summarise this as,"continue to be a bureaucratic quango".
It looks like it was written by a young, overpaid, headless chicken. Lots of "informed choice" and similar buzz words. Rubbish in my view. No-one there seems to be able to make decisions based on the use of a brain and common sense.
Give OFCOM some real power and let them make common sense decisions. My recent discussions on VLF/LF experiments are just an example of their total inability to think "out of the box". Sorry, but as an OFCOM "customer" I am left very unimpressed.
Opinionated, me?
Sorry, but this CRAP shows what OFCOM plans are for the year ahead. In an executive executive summary (mine) I would summarise this as,"continue to be a bureaucratic quango".
It looks like it was written by a young, overpaid, headless chicken. Lots of "informed choice" and similar buzz words. Rubbish in my view. No-one there seems to be able to make decisions based on the use of a brain and common sense.
Give OFCOM some real power and let them make common sense decisions. My recent discussions on VLF/LF experiments are just an example of their total inability to think "out of the box". Sorry, but as an OFCOM "customer" I am left very unimpressed.
Opinionated, me?
Sunspots and 10m - Thurs March 26th 2015
Sunspot number is still decent at 115. 10m propagation is forecast to be " fair" today.
So far this morning plenty of spots from local G4IKZ (18km) and EA8BVP (2986km) has spotted my 10m 500mW beacon 27 times already since 0800z.
UPDATE 1200z: 56 spots from EA8BVP in the Canary Is so far today. No other DX spots so far today.
UPDATE 1315z: UR/SWL56 (2283km) has been spotting me since 1250z. No USA spots so far, but after yesterday I expect these may come much later in the day. EA8BVP has spotted me 78 times so far today.
So far this morning plenty of spots from local G4IKZ (18km) and EA8BVP (2986km) has spotted my 10m 500mW beacon 27 times already since 0800z.
UPDATE 1200z: 56 spots from EA8BVP in the Canary Is so far today. No other DX spots so far today.
UPDATE 1315z: UR/SWL56 (2283km) has been spotting me since 1250z. No USA spots so far, but after yesterday I expect these may come much later in the day. EA8BVP has spotted me 78 times so far today.
25 Mar 2015
SPAM
Today I have deleted 2 comments as SPAM. An AM transmitter on 6.925MHz is not amateur radio. It is pirate radio and I do not support pirates.
All SPAM detected will be removed. Please do not waste your time or mine posting SPAM to any of my blogs. As soon as I spot them the comments and links will be deleted.
UPDATE 26.3.15 1000z: Noting G1KQH's comment maybe I need a photo of a tin of SPAM here?
All SPAM detected will be removed. Please do not waste your time or mine posting SPAM to any of my blogs. As soon as I spot them the comments and links will be deleted.
UPDATE 26.3.15 1000z: Noting G1KQH's comment maybe I need a photo of a tin of SPAM here?
No 10m WSPR spots from the USA today?
Despite the sunspot count being high today at 127 I have received not a single spot from the USA of my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon today. There is little doubt that conditions are on the change. In past months a sunspot number of 127 would have almost guaranteed USA spots. No longer.
Overall, just a "fair" day on 10m WSPR.
UPDATE 1820z: Guess who spoke too soon? Starting at 1708z, a few USA stations have been spotting me. I guess when conditions are marginal the openings are shorter in duration and will start much later. At least the 10m band did open to the USA, just.
UPDATE 2010z: The opening on 10m to the USA seems to have ended with K4RCG (5995km) being the last to spot me at 1918z.
UPDATE 2115z: So I was totally wrong again! K9AN (5995km) and others in the USA are still spotting my 500mW WSPR on 10m. This USA 10m opening was late starting, but it is not over yet!
UPDATE 2145z: KT5W (6314km) was spotting me still at 2132z. I wonder if this will be the last from the USA today?
UPDATE 2215z: No further USA spots of my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon since 2132z. I think the opening has ended, although I'll leave the beacon running as I have been wrong twice this evening!
Overall, just a "fair" day on 10m WSPR.
UPDATE 1820z: Guess who spoke too soon? Starting at 1708z, a few USA stations have been spotting me. I guess when conditions are marginal the openings are shorter in duration and will start much later. At least the 10m band did open to the USA, just.
UPDATE 2010z: The opening on 10m to the USA seems to have ended with K4RCG (5995km) being the last to spot me at 1918z.
UPDATE 2115z: So I was totally wrong again! K9AN (5995km) and others in the USA are still spotting my 500mW WSPR on 10m. This USA 10m opening was late starting, but it is not over yet!
UPDATE 2145z: KT5W (6314km) was spotting me still at 2132z. I wonder if this will be the last from the USA today?
UPDATE 2215z: No further USA spots of my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon since 2132z. I think the opening has ended, although I'll leave the beacon running as I have been wrong twice this evening!
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