The Exeter rally has been postponed until September 12th. Hopefully by then things will be more normal in the UK.
13 May 2021
70cm FT8 yesterday
For a long time I have suspected that scatter modes might be better on 70cm than on 2m. Last night there was a sort of contest.
Last evening 29 stations were spotted in 6 countries (see map) with just a 2m (144MHz) big-wheel omni antenna. 2 of these were 479km away! Imagine what would have been possible with even a small beam.
If there was regular 70cm FT8 activity I think surprising distances would be worked at any time.
Devon - NOT amateur radio
This spot is good for birds.
12 May 2021
70cm FT8 RX
I think there is a 70cm FT8 activity session this evening. So, I am on 70cm FT8 RX with the 2m big-wheel omni antenna.
UPDATE 1712z: 6 stations spotted so far. Furthermost is ON7ZJ (302km) in Belgium.
UPDATE 1828z: Now 16 stations spotted on RX with the furthermost DL5EBS (479km). Nobody has spotted my 1W on TX. I have had one QSO with G4NBS (22km). Now GI6ATZ (479km) spotted.UPDATE 1856z: 20 stations in 6 countries spotted on 70cm FT8 RX this evening.
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| Stations spotted on 70cm FT8 RX this evening |
Am I being thick?
Before turning on my new webapages, I want to take a backup copy of my old pages. The old pages are in Google Classic Sites.
When I looked I could not see how to do this. I shall look again, but if you know how, please let me know.
UPDATE 1222z: I think you go to Classic sites and download to your Google drive as a zip file in "takeout". Haven't tried yet. This must have changed as I am sure this wasn't the case a few years ago.
UPDATE 1256z: I tried it. When I unzipped I could see the images but only some of the webpages! Now, this may just be me being thick, but..... So far, I am still trying to find a way. All I really wanted to do was make a backup copy just in case.
New website - not quite ready
Last weekend I was hoping to "go live" on the revised web pages. There are still omissions and I want to find a way to have clearer schematics for those that want them.
My best estimate is in about a weeks' time.
See www.g3xbm.co.uk . At the moment this still points to the old pages. I shall say when it is done on the blog.
DX Summit
It has not been used here as I have not been DX hunting actively for many years.
10m FT8 RX
In the last few days I have started to have an S8 noise level on the higher HF bands on AM. Up to now, these bands have been fairly quiet. I guess someone locally has a new gadget with a noisy PSU.
I don't think it is a problem with FT8. Maybe the noise is on specific, narrow, frequencies? At the moment I am on 10m FT8 RX with the FT817ND and the tiny indoor loop. It is now 0715z and no spots yet.
UPDATE 1510z: No spots yet.
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