Last October, I submitted 3 articles to RadCom. One was published, but the other 2 seem to have disappeared down a black hole. Today, I chased them.
It is fine to not publish them, but it is also good to know why. As I recall, they were short fill-in articles, but it was so long ago I cannot recall what was in them!
With Giles Read dying suddenly they must be in a pickle in the short-term.
UPDATE 1500z: The articles have been found.
It seems 5 minutes since I was a young teenager!
Old age has descended on me suddenly. These days I feel older and frailer, as much as I do not seek this. Some say you get wiser as you get older, but I seem as stupid as ever!
My advice to those far younger is "you will be old yourself one day". Milk life whilst you can.
I think one of the things I have to do is accept the "me" I am now and not the "me" I used to be. As we age, it is natural that some of the things we could do we can do no longer. There is still so much I can do. As long as I am able, I intend to enjoy doing the things I can do. 😄
This week promises to be colder and duller. 😞
At 0855z, I turned on my 15m FT8 RX. No spots yet. I think conditions are disturbed.
UPDATE 1000z: No spots on 15m FT8 RX on PSKreporter. As I lost the internet connection for a while I may have not uploaded some of the recent spots (there are a few).
UPDATE 1224z: I have restarted WSJT-X as I am seeing plenty of spots locally, but none were appearing on PSKreporter. Since restarting, plenty of spots appearing!
UPDATE 1402z: 81 stations spotted so far on 15m FT8 RX.
At 0752z, I turned on my W5OLF 10m WSPR beacon which runs 500mW as the 10m antenna was not being used. No spots yet today.
UPDATE 0957z: Just G spots from locals G2XV (18km) and G4KPX (14km).
UPDATE 1540z: Still no DX today on 10m FT8 RX.
It is now 1520z. I have just QSYed to 17m FT8 RX from 2m. The antenna is the tiny loop on the shack windowsill. So far (after a few minutes) 22 stations spotted. This antenna really is remarkable. I guess it must be a few dBs down on a "big" antenna.
UPDATE 1628z: 93 stations spotted on 17m FT8 RX this afternoon. Furthermost is YB1HR (11790km).
As I now have the coax for my 40MHz dipole, things are on target. Assuming I build and erect the antenna this week, I should start on April 2nd as per my permit.
My aim is to run mostly FT8 near 40.675MHz (audio will be perhaps 1kHz higher) with some CW for some local crossband reports. I intend to use my amateur callsign.
