UPDATE 1530z: 99 stations spotted on 6m FT8 RX (see map).
UPDATE 1805z: 183 stations spotted on 6m FT8 RX so far today.
UPDATE 1929z: 252 stations spotted today.
13 Jun 2021
6m FT8 RX (Sunday)
12 Jun 2021
New Chinese portable transceiver?
It looks like the Chinese manufacturer Xiegu is going to launch a new product called the X6100.
Apparently their quality control on earlier products was not good. At the moment this still puts me off Chinese made amateur radio products. If I was spending good money I would expect it to be reliable.
They'll get there, but still not there yet.
OK I failed
He is now 13 and shows no inclination towards engineering!
Oscar 100 activity
Regular readers will know that every few weeks I check activity on the narrowband transponder of this geosynchronous satellite.
The last time I looked was at 0832z on a Saturday, which is when I would have expected it to be quite busy in Europe, being a weekend Saturday morning.
It was quiet. If anything, activity is lower than it was with very few stations on. I guess it is just too hard for black box operators!! I have no doubt that if Yaesu or ICOM made a simple solution then activity would suddenly rocket!
Yesterday (Friday) on 6m FT8 RX and Japan on 6m maybe?
The Es season is in full swing. 388 stations spotted yesterday.
This is the time of the year when better equipped 6m EU stations make contact on 6m with Japan. This regularly occurs at this time of year and may be linked with the formation of noctilucent mesospheric clouds that form at this time of year.
6m FT8 RX (Saturday)
Once again I am monitoring 6m FT8 RX with the FT817ND and V2000 omni. So far, in the last 2 hours, 10 stations spotted.
11 Jun 2021
Bee on iris - NOT amateur radio
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