After breakfast, I hope to be on 10m FT8. This will be mostly RX with the occasional 2.5W TX.
UPDATE 1011z: It has been on RX for just over an hour with 46 unique stations spotted with the furthermost FR4OM (9763km).
UPDATE 1122z: 116 stations spotted.
It seems hard to think this tiny rig was designed and built so long ago (1974?). It was rebuilt a few years ago and still works. It must count as one of my favourite all-time rigs.
I would not recommend trying to exactly copy it, but use it as a source for your own designs. Some years ago, I know one club did a PCB for a version with a loudspeaker amplifier and loudspeaker. I forget who this was.
In its day it had several 100km QSOs handheld and even one of 160km to France handheld even though just 10mW AM. These days, most local QSOs are on FM. In its day, it was a very small rig and much smaller than commercial handhelds.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vhfuhfmicrowaves/homebrew/fredbox .
When our grandson (14) stays with us he likes to go bell ringing hunting. We tried 2 places today, but both had no bells ringing. He did capture the 10am chimes at one.
After breakfast I hope to go on 10m FT8. This will be mostly RX. From time to time I shall try TX.
UPDATE 1106z: I turned on my 10m FT8 system at 1050z. So far 59 stations spotted with the furthermost ZS4JAN (9393km).
UPDATE 1208z: 167 stations spotted.
At the moment I am on 10m QRP WSPR TX with 500mW from the W5OLF beacon. No spots of me yet today.
One of the pleasures of Cambridge is gliding along the back of the colleges on a punt on the river Cam. Many prefer others to do the puntin...
