Every now and again, you need to work out something "radio" and a calculator can come in very handy. This site has some very useful calculators.
3 Mar 2022
2 Mar 2022
2m FT8 activity contest
Starting at 1900z is the RSGB organised 2m FT8 activity contest. At the moment I am RX only, although I might try TX with 2.5W FT8 with the big-wheel omni later. So far, 35 stations in 6 countries spotted after 7 minutes!
UPDATE 2110z: 96 stations in 9 countries spotted on 2m FT8 RX this evening and 3 QSOs. My signal was spotted by F1FPL (345km). Now QRT. Quite pleased with just 2.5W and the omni antenna.
Summer Saturday - NOT amateur radio
This was Salcombe, where I come from in South Devon, on a summer day many years ago.
10m FT8 RX
A few moments ago (0955z), I turned on my 10m FT8 RX. As I had just turned the electricity off whilst I changed a bulb in the bathroom, there was no internet, so no spots were appearing on PSKreporter. Locally, I was spotting several stations.
UPDATE 1024z: 37 stations spotted and on PSKreporter. Most are single hop F2.
UPDATE 1411z: 172 stations spotted.
UPDATE 1744z: 476 stations spotted. QRT soon.Stations spotted today
E-Field probe RX antenna
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/antennas/e-field-probe-efp .
See also https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/antennas/137khz-efp-rx-antenna .
160m FT8 RX overnight
Overnight I was on 160m FT8 RX. In all, 303 stations were spotted as the map shows. This was with the untuned 10m antenna.
Dalham near Newmarket - NOT amateur radio
This is a village not far from us. As you can see, there are lots of thatched cottages. It is very beautiful.
1 Mar 2022
160m FT8 RX
At about 2000z, I started on 160m FT8 RX using the untuned 10m antenna. At 2050z, 54 stations spotted. All were European
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