2 Dec 2020

15m FT8 QRP (Wednesday)

As 10m FT8 was looking rather quiet, I have QSYed down to 15m FT8 with 2.5W and the indoor loop. So far (at 1520z) 22 stations have been spotted on RX and 1 local station has spotted me on TX.

UPDATE 1803z:  35 stations spotted on RX. Just 1 local has spotted me on TX.

More Trump stuff - NOT amateur radio

It is still true that I have met not one person outside the USA, online or in person, who has a good word to say about President Trump. I appreciate this is not so in the USA where nearly half the people voted for him.  

The more time passes the deeper hole he seems to dig at least for those of us outside of the USA.

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55156241  .

Perverse? - NOT amateur radio

On the day a vaccine for Covid-19 was approved for UK rollout, the value of the UK pound against the major currencies such as the euro, yen and US dollar has fallen! OK I appreciate a BREXIT deal has still to be done, but I was expecting the pound to have a good day.

2m TEP

Southgate News has a piece relayed from EI7GL's blog about the 6000km trans equatorial propagation from Argentina to the Dominican Republic.

See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/december/6000km-tep-path-on-144-mhz.htm#.X8di32iTLrc

10m FT8 QRP (Wednesday)

At about 0900z my 10m FT8 QRP gear was turned on (2.5W and the indoor loop). So far, no-one has spotted me on TX and I have spotted 2 stations on 10m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 1427z: 4 stations spotted.

SPAM emails - NOT amateur radio

Every day I must get about 20 SPAM emails. My gmail SPAM filter is very good, so I rarely see these in my inbox. It is always worth checking as just occasionally (1 in 1000?) genuine posts end up in the spam folder. 

It was good to know that my account has just been credited with over £200k. That should help in retirement.😆

Never ever click links you are unsure about. My passwords are regularly changed.

Sunspots - Wednesday December 2nd 2020

 Solar flux is 104 and the SSN 46. A=2 and K=2.

1 Dec 2020

2m activity contest - December

Every month, the RSGB organises an activity contest on 2m (UKAC). Most activity is SSB. As usual, I ran 10W for under an hour to the big-wheel omni antenna. The map shows the contacts tonight.

Solar forecast update

There is an update showing the latest solar updates.

See https://www.solen.info/solar/

OFCOM updates

As usual, OFCOM has updated its statistics in its Communications Monthly. See the OFCOM website.