USA already on 10m WSPR

As early as 1302z W1VR (6965km) in EL98it square (Florida) was spotted on 10m WSPR. This is promising after a quiet start. I hope to get spotted in the USA later.

UPDATE 1620z:  A couple of spots of my signal from Brazil this afternoon. KD0VWO (7412km) monitoring in Brazil spotted me earlier. As yet, no spots of my signal on 10m WSPR from the USA.

UPDATE 1650z:  G4KPX (14km) and I have been exchanging strong 10m WSPR spots in the last 20 minutes.

UPDATE 2325z:  Sadly the day did not live up to expectations on 10m WSPR. See later post.

RSGB Board Meeting Minutes

Southgate News has a link to the minutes of RSGB Board meetings. I took a look but wished I'd not! If you are an RSGB board member I bet these meetings are deadly boring. The minutes look so dull. I read the minutes for the last 3 months, then got a life.

I appreciate the RSGB is our national society and works hard for the good of our hobby.

FTSE 100 UK share index - NOT amateur radio

After an early climb, the FTSE 100 share index has been pretty stable all morning. It is currently up 0.52% and been around this all morning.  Sentiment is wishing it higher whereas in the real world it should be much lower.

Sunspots and 10m - Fri March 4th 2016

Solar flux is 99 today and sunspot number 50 (K=0). The forecast for 10m propagation remains "poor". So far, it is now 1112z, there have been no spots given or received on 10m WSPR. I've been on since before breakfast.

Power on 10m WSPR

There seems to be an advantage on 10m WSPR with a little more power. VK2KRR was using 10W when I copied him earlier. VK5MR who copied me just once today at -24dB S/N when I was using 2W probably would not have copied me at 500mW. When conditions are good, more power does not make sense as 500mW is enough. When conditions are "just" there, it seems more power helps. So far today I have been spotted just once even at 2W TX. With 500mW I would probably not have been seen by anyone.

UPDATE 2052z:  After a promising start 10m WSPR was a disappointment today with just G spots since this morning.  It looked very promising early on.

FTSE 100 still climbing - NOT amateur radio

It is currently 1110z and the UK share index, the FTSE 100, is up by 0.39% on the day after a shaky start. It could still tumble later.  At its peak, early last year, it was over 7100.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/markets/europe/lse_ukx.

UPDATE 1310z:  It is now falling and is  -0.02% down on yesterday.

QRP Club

More from Oleg..

Dear Club 72 members and friends,

I have a great pleasure to inform you about new Club 72 member -
op. Vladimir RK8A aka RW9WR, certificate nr 83.
You are welcome Vladimir!
Who's next?

72! Oleg RV3GM / KH6OB "Mr. 72"

365 Project - NOT amateur radio

For some years now my wife and I have done a photo a day as a record of our daily lives. I stopped when I was ill and started again in Jan 2015. It is interesting to see what we did. Unlike some, who go for very "arty" pictures, mine is just a record of ordinary daily life.  If you pay $19 annually you can have more albums and private viewing.  It is great fun to look back and quite a good discipline. I enjoy doing it.

See http://365project.org/ .

10m WSPR - hopeful with Australia yet again

Australia yet again...

With solar flux and sunspot numbers up a bit and very early spots on 10m WSPR of VK2KRR (16789km) I am quietly optimistic today, although no further 10m spots, as yet, at 0952z.

UPDATE 1028z:  VK5MR (16144km) in PF96lh square was the first to spot me this morning on 10m WSPR at 1010z at -24dB S/N. Yet again, despite the "poor" forecast for 10m I am seeing some impressive DX. 10m is far from dead, as WSPR proves yet again.

UPDATE 1117z:  These the 10m WSPR spots so far today:

UPDATE 1320z:  Just the single spot so far on 10m WSPR.   As well the Australian spots G3JKV and G4CUI (172km) have been spotted.

Sunspots and 10m - Thurs March 3rd 2016

Solar flux is 99 today (up) and sunspot number 65 (K=3) which is also up. 10m propagation is expected to be "poor" yet again. I have been on 10m WSPR (TX and RX) since before breakfast.

UPDATE 0906z:  VK2KRR (16789km) was spotted a couple of times very early and very strongly on 10m WSPR.