Since about 0645z I have been on 8m FT8 TX on 40.680 MHz USB dial. So far today just 2 local spots. Paul G9PUV has a much higher ERP than me.
UPDATE 0839z: Still just the 2 local spots of me. I have yet to be spotted at any distance on 8m.
UPDATE 1448z: Now 8m FT8 RX only on 40.680 MHz, hoping to spot Paul G9PUV on the South Coast of the UK.
Not a bad day in the end with my 500mW being copied over 3000km away and by 6 stations. Not on today.
I still have to sync the time, but I am on 10m WSPR with 500mW from my W5OLF WSPR beacon. It is now 0835z.
UPDATE 0955z: Just 5 spots from local G4KPX (14km) so far.
As G7PUV on the South Coast has got now his 8m TX permit, I shall try to receive him on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 today. At the moment I am also on 8m FT8 TX (TXing in the first period) on 40.680 MHz. Later, I shall be RX only to give Paul the best chance of being copied up here.
UPDATE 0850z: 2 local spots of me so far this morning. Now RX only on 8m FT8.
UPDATE 1346z: Just switched to 40.680 MHz WSPR TX. Back to FT8 later.
UPDATE 1528z: Back on FT8 (TXing first) on 40.680 MHz. So far, 3 local spots of me. Thank you.
UPDATE 1650z: With grateful thanks to local G3TFX, my 8m dipole has now been raised in height. S/N on local signals is considerably better.
UPDATE 2000z: QRT. Just local spots.
The bell ringing grandson has a couple of YouTube channels. One is called Ringer Luke (check it out). On one, he added this video yesterday.
My favourite site for solar data has been updated. It still looks like future forecasts have been upgraded, suggesting this could be a better solar cycle than was once expected.
These are some more images of Cambridge. The top picture is of the round church of which there are very few in the UK. When I first came t...
