Sunspots - Sunday March 13th 2022

 Solar flux is 125 and the SSN 93. A=13 and K=1. 

The South Hams Coast - NOT amateur radio

Many years ago, I bought this book of paintings. It is a wonderful collection and ideally suited to a local who is living away and has done for years. I have lived away from the South Hams of Devon for far more years than I lived there, yet I still feel that pull.

It is still available on Amazon.uk.

160m FT8 RX

As it is now dark, I have QSYed to 160m FT8 RX with the 10m antenna untuned. So far, at 1835z, 16 stations spotted.

UPDATE 1920z:  58 stations spotted with the furthermost RV0AR (5577km).

UPDATE 2037z:  117 stations spotted.

UPDATE  2049z: 121 stations spotted including the first USA station - KD2UHD (5377km).

10m FT8

My 10m FT8 RX was turned on at 1240z. It is now 1252z, and, so far,  6 stations have been spotted. on RX.

UPDATE 1448z:  59 stations spotted today on 10m FT8 RX.

UPDATE 1825z:  Now QRT. 103 stations spotted today. Not great.

Walk yesterday - NOT amateur radio

 

Yesterday, we did a walk around the village. 

Spring is in the air.

5.17kHz loading coil

This was a photo from 5 years ago of the 5.17kHz loading coil at DF6NM. Some remarkable distances have been spanned by amateurs at these VLF frequencies. 

160m FT8 RX overnight

Overnight I was on 160m FT8 RX. In all 233 stations were spotted including many in the east of the USA.  The antenna was the 10m end fed untuned. 

Sunspots - Saturday March 12th 2022

Solar flux is 127 and the SSN 81.  A=20 and K=4.

160m FT8 RX

At the moment I am on 160m FT8 RX using the untuned 10m antenna. So far, 67 stations spotted.

UPDATE 2232z: 89 stations spotted with the furthermost EX0QR (5642km) in Kyrgystan.

Logbook of the world

This is something I really should get into. 

It can take ADIF files and simple upload them so that you can check quite quickly if the station you worked was genuine. 

Not that it interests me, but some use it for awards like DXCC. I think it is organised by the ARRL. It saves QSL cards, wasted paper and postage. I am way behind with eQSLs too!

See https://lotw.arrl.org/lotwuser/default .