6m Es

Another day when I was unable to get on 6m WSPR but I don't appear to have missed much. 4X1RF copied OZ,  but apart from that only shortish range Es on the band.

70cm UKAC tonight

A reminder that at 8pm UK clock time is the 70cm leg of the RSGB's 70cm activity contest. Unfortunately I cannot take part tonight but activity is usually good. Usually I can work 200km with 5W and a 5el from home.

Sunspots and 10m - July 14th 2015

Sunspot number has fallen further to 44 (K=1) and 10m is expected to remain "poor".  F2 propagation is not expected to be great.

Sunspots and 10m - July 13th 2015

Sunspot number has dropped back to 59 (K=4) and 10m is expected to be "poor". F2 conditions are not expected to be anything special today.

Still no great DX on 6m WSPR

July 13th 2015 and I was unable to get 6m on WSPR again. Looking at WSPRnet I see that only EU Es was being reported and less than 500km too. I am still waiting for some transatlantic DX but nothing yet.

6m Es

For a few days I have not been on 6m WSPR but I don't seem to have missed that much with most spots today being less than 500km.

Lunchboxes

Years ago I wanted a Heathkit Lunchbox HW30  rig for 2m AM. Although at the time I bought a manual I never did buy the rig as it was too much at the time. These days there is too little AM on the band and the RX would struggle at times.

See https://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp3/vuhf/lunchbox .

Sunspots and 10m - Sun July 12th 2015

Sunspot number is 131 today again. K=1 so pretty undisturbed conditions. 10m is expected to remain "fair".

6m Es but no super-DX

Although there has been Es on 6m, there has been no evidence of super-DX on the band.

Sunspots and 10m - Sat July 11th 2015

My usual source of sunspot data has not updated his data since yesterday so I am unable to give new forecasts for today. The best hope at this time of year is 10m and 6m Es.