Rather earlier than usual, I am on 15m FT8 with 2.5W and the 45cm indoor loop. It is now 0615z. No spots yet.
UPDATE 0922z: No spots.
UPDATE 1040z: One G spotted on RX and one G spotting me so far.
UPDATE 1215z: 5 stations in Europe and North Africa have been spotted on 15m FT8 RX. So far, just the 1 station has spotted my 2.5W.
UPDATE 2011z : QRT.
22 Apr 2020
Birthday boy - NOT amateur radio
21 Apr 2020
Village walk - NOT amateur radio
It was about 3.5 miles. These regular walks must help to keep us fit!
15m FT8
After breakfast I intend to go on 15m FT8 (2.5W to the indoor loop).
UPDATE 0730z: All turned on at 0720z.
UPDATE 1032z: Although 3 Europeans spotted so far on 15m FT8 RX, no-one has yet spotted me.
UPDATE 1140z: 7 Europeans spotted so far and 1 spot by LA6RJA (794km) of my 2.5W to the tiny indoor loop antenna.
UPDATE 1253z: Quite a few spots of my 2.5W to the tiny 45cm indoor loop mainly from Scandinavia. 17 spots on RX.
UPDATE 1932z: On 15m FT8 RX a total of 72 stations were spotted and 13 Europeans spotted my 2.5W tiny indoor loop.
UPDATE 2151z: QRT.
UPDATE 0730z: All turned on at 0720z.
UPDATE 1032z: Although 3 Europeans spotted so far on 15m FT8 RX, no-one has yet spotted me.
UPDATE 1140z: 7 Europeans spotted so far and 1 spot by LA6RJA (794km) of my 2.5W to the tiny indoor loop antenna.
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| Stations spotting me to 1253z |
UPDATE 1932z: On 15m FT8 RX a total of 72 stations were spotted and 13 Europeans spotted my 2.5W tiny indoor loop.
UPDATE 2151z: QRT.
QSX all band, all mode transceiver kit
QRP-labs has the multi-mode QSX transceiver in development.
The single band QCX CW transceiver is good value for money with many complex features. I am sure the multi-band QSX transceiver will be pretty good too. The QSX is expected to have a built-in spectrum analyser to help with filter alignment.
As I am poor at kit building these days, since my 2013 stroke I am wondering if they are also offering built units too when the release date comes? I am pretty sure that the finished unit design will be very good.
See https://www.qrp-labs.com/qsx.html
The single band QCX CW transceiver is good value for money with many complex features. I am sure the multi-band QSX transceiver will be pretty good too. The QSX is expected to have a built-in spectrum analyser to help with filter alignment.
As I am poor at kit building these days, since my 2013 stroke I am wondering if they are also offering built units too when the release date comes? I am pretty sure that the finished unit design will be very good.
See https://www.qrp-labs.com/qsx.html
Sunspots - Tuesday April 21st 2020
Solar flux is 68 and the sunspot number 0. A=18 and K=2. These figures look really poor and are the worst for some time.
20 Apr 2020
US oil prices - NOT amateur radio
As I write, the West Texas oil prices have recovered after turning negative! These are strange Covid-19 times indeed with demand slumping and storage capacity in the USA now full.
In the morning things could well have changed again. As I write, WTI oil prices have recovered a bit.
In the morning things could well have changed again. As I write, WTI oil prices have recovered a bit.
Portuguese amateur - abandoned house
Southgate News has a piece found on YouTube showing an abandoned house in Portugal. The shack uncovered has many old QSL cards on the walls.
See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/april/abandoned-mansion-of-a-portuguese-radio-amateur-found-his-radio-room.htm#.Xp2mwWjYq00
See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/april/abandoned-mansion-of-a-portuguese-radio-amateur-found-his-radio-room.htm#.Xp2mwWjYq00
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