Sunspot number today is 74 (K=3) and 10m propagation is expected to remain "poor". Yesterday conditions were not as good yet my 500mW WSPR was copied nearly 10000km away! I am hopeful for some decent F2 DX on 10m today. I am still awaiting my first WSPR spot from North America on 10m this season.
UPDATE 0904z: Very quiet on 10m and 6m WSPR so far, with not even the locals copying me.
21 Sept 2015
20 Sept 2015
Drat!!
As I walked out of our bungalow this afternoon, the Red Arrows were in formation flying right over our windmill and on their way to Duxford. Sadly, I did not have a camera.
The image below is not on this website but at the link shown.
GB3VHF off?
Although I can copy beacons in Holland and Belgium on 2m and GB3LEU NW of Leicester (432.490MHz) on 70cms with my 2m big-wheel antenna, GB3VHF in Kent (144.430MHz) was absent when I looked earlier this afternoon (around 1340z). Maybe it is off for maintenance or they plan to co-site the new UHF beacon? Anyway, the big-wheel is great. Beacons are great for checking propagation when there are no active stations about.
Anyone know about GB3VHF please?
Anyone know about GB3VHF please?
Forecasts?
Like the weather forecasts, it is sometimes a good idea to ignore solar forecasts!
Today has been pretty good so far with FR1GZ (9724km) copying my 500mW 10m WSPR signal for the first time this season. K=7 would have suggested to me that this was unlikely. Like 6m, 10m can give us nice surprises.
UPDATE 1338z: So far just tropo/aircraft reflection on 6m WSPR. 10m is definitely better than I expected though. As I think the KD0 is actually monitoring in Brazil, I am still waiting for some F2 propagation to the USA this season.
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| Unique 10m WSPR spots today so far |
UPDATE 1338z: So far just tropo/aircraft reflection on 6m WSPR. 10m is definitely better than I expected though. As I think the KD0 is actually monitoring in Brazil, I am still waiting for some F2 propagation to the USA this season.
Hirundines - NOT amateur radio
Around this time most of our summer migrant birds are heading south for warmer weather and more insects. Most swifts will have gone now to return here at the end of April or the start of May next year.
Today I saw a swallow and that may be the last this year. Some young birds may be around for a few weeks and it is just possible some may remain in South Devon and South Cornwall all year. Just a few may survive on the coast where there may be insects near seaweed all year. I once saw some swallows in South Devon on Dec 7th but that is very late. No, most are now gone to return next spring, at least gone from East Anglia. Some travel thousands of miles all the way to South Africa - a truly remarkable journey - often returning to the very same next site they left. Quite remarkable.
The migration of birds is almost miraculous. I am sorry to see them leave but my heart is always glad when they return.
Of course, to some birds we are seen as warm! The Whooper and Bewick swans join us as do the fieldfares and redwings.
There is something good in every season.
Today I saw a swallow and that may be the last this year. Some young birds may be around for a few weeks and it is just possible some may remain in South Devon and South Cornwall all year. Just a few may survive on the coast where there may be insects near seaweed all year. I once saw some swallows in South Devon on Dec 7th but that is very late. No, most are now gone to return next spring, at least gone from East Anglia. Some travel thousands of miles all the way to South Africa - a truly remarkable journey - often returning to the very same next site they left. Quite remarkable.
The migration of birds is almost miraculous. I am sorry to see them leave but my heart is always glad when they return.
Of course, to some birds we are seen as warm! The Whooper and Bewick swans join us as do the fieldfares and redwings.
There is something good in every season.
Possible FT817 carrier?
A few days ago, Steve G1KQH, set me this link:
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Steve
http://www.g1kqh.talktalk.net/"
"How
about one of these to put your 817 in when out portable?
I
think I will order a Black one..
http://www.g1kqh.talktalk.net/"
Sunspots and 10m - Sun Sept 20th 2015
Sunspot number is 61 but with K=7 conditions are pretty disturbed. Conditions on 10m remain "poor". Do not expect much on 10m today! Conditions on 6m are likely to be even poorer. A bit of 10m Es might help.
UPDATE 0958z: Just G4APB (88km) spotted today on 6m WSPR and locals G4IKZ (18km) and G4KPX (14km) spotting me on 10m WSPR.
UPDATE 0958z: Just G4APB (88km) spotted today on 6m WSPR and locals G4IKZ (18km) and G4KPX (14km) spotting me on 10m WSPR.
19 Sept 2015
10m WSPR today
It looks like there was some Es on 10m WSPR today with a few spots from central Europe.
There is 10m Es at all times of the year but it is much less common now. On 6m I have again drawn a total blank with no spots given or received at all. I've been on both bands since before breakfast!
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| Unique 10m WSPR spots today |
Churches blog updates - NOT amateur radio
Today we visited the delightful Norfolk town with its
greens and fine Georgian houses of Hingham. Hingham is a few miles from Attleborough on the road from Norwich to Watton.We ate lunch at the Lincoln Tea Shoppe and Bistro which is across the main Norwich-Watton road from the church and just off Fairgreen. On the way there and back we visited several churches and I have updated the church blog to include this.
See http://eachurches.blogspot.co.uk/ .
Sunspots and 10m - Sat Sept 19th 2015
Sunspot number is 62 today (K=4) and 10m propagation is expected to remain "poor" today. With moderately disturbed conditions, it is unlikely that great things can be expected of the higher HF bands today. As always, 10m may throw us a surprise. I am on both 10m and 6m WSPR, ever hopeful.
UPDATE 0915z: Just local G4IKZ (18km) spotting me, so far, on 10m WSPR. 6m remains dead here! Not sure why I still bother with 6m.
UPDATE 0915z: Just local G4IKZ (18km) spotting me, so far, on 10m WSPR. 6m remains dead here! Not sure why I still bother with 6m.
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