Solar flux is 115 and the SSN 89. A=5 and K=1.
10 Mar 2022
9 Mar 2022
70cm FT8 activity contest
Starting at 1900z is the RSGB organised UKAC 70cm activity contest.
A brief 2.5W TX period to the 2m big-wheel omni antenna resulted in nobody copying me. 8 stations have already been spotted prior to the contest (booking their spots?) with the furthermost PE1ITR (360km).
Cambridge bridges - NOT amateur radio
You may have to click on the image to see the bridges more clearly.
15m FT8 RX with the indoor loop
At just after 0900z, I turned on 15m FT8 RX using just the tiny indoor loop antenna used yesterday on 17m. So far, 20 stations spotted in just a few minutes.
UPDATE 0933z: 51 stations spotted with several in Japan.
UPDATE 1706z: 491 stations spotted on the tiny loop antenna on 15m FT8 RX today.
UPDATE 1835z: 526 stations spotted. QRT soon.
Cambridge Bridge of Sighs - NOT amateur radio
Yesterday, we walked over the Bridge of Sighs in St John's College, Cambridge. The photo shows the view.
160m FT8 RX overnight
Overnight I stayed on 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. In all, 285 stations were spotted with several from across the Atlantic.
8 Mar 2022
160m FT8 RX
This evening I am on 160m FT8 RX with the untuned 10m antenna. So far, 161 stations spotted on RX.
Lightbeam communication
This was much easier than I thought.
Although my "thing" is NLOS (non line of sight) over the horizon digital comms, I have tried line of sight speech communications. People have managed much further than I have.
One of the beauties is the gear is all homemade. Even the test gear was homemade and simple.
See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/optical-nanowaves/line-of-sight .
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