2 Jun 2022
Our house from the windmill next door - NOT amateur radio
Rally
The following rally is meant to be on, but always check with the organisers first if travelling far.
Sunday June 5th - Spalding Radio Rally, Holbeach, PE12 7PR . Contact Graham rally2022@sadrs.org.uk .
8m experiment (Thursday)
At the moment it is 1347z. I have been on 40.680 MHz USB dial FT8 TX for about 20 minutes. Spotted in Slovenia and Croatia so far, presumably by Es. Today looks more hopeful than recent days.
UPDATE 1615z: 4 stations in 3 countries have spotted me and I have spotted 5 stations in 3 countries on RX.
10m FT8
At about 0735z, I turned on my 10m FT8 using the IC-705 at 5W. So far, 2 stations have spotted me after about 5 minutes by what looks like Es.
If the Es is promising, I shall try 8m FT8 on 40.680 later.
Plane app - NOT amateur radio
I am very impressed. There are several versions with similar names. Mine is called Flightradar24.
1 Jun 2022
Mugs?
The latest MLS video is all about a flight tracking radar that starts at £599. I have a free app that tracks planes that cost me nothing at all. It would appear some people (obviously from the planet Zog) have money to burn.
Now, how you spend money is your business and not mine, but I smell "profits" and "mugs".
10m QRP FT8 with the IC-705
As 8m FT8 was useless (no spots all morning), I have QSYed to 10m FT8. Immediately I spotted a station in Spain and I was spotted by a station in the Balearic Is. - EA6FA (1513km).
Family history - NOT amateur radio
Our granddaughter is doing some homework on family history. I can trace ours continuously back to the mid 1500s with 1 record in the 1400s. I shall have to dig these out!
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